Is the allotment
of residential plots to Judges @ yelahanka Judicial Layout , a mode
of paying bribe to judges by the biggest litigant government itself &
the corrupt public servants in the government. So that the government can
pass illegal laws like “Regularization of Illegal Buildings” , “ Illegal
Appointments to Medical colleges in Hassan , Mysore” ,etc & ministers
, IAS officers can indulge in illegal unconstitutional acts , but the
courts will not take any appropriate action suo motto or based on
any petition. IT IS MUTUAL HELP , NEXUS OF TWO CRIMINALS – JUDICIARY
& GOVERNMENT. Ofcourse , there are honest few exceptions in judiciary &
government. We Respect those honest few.

Just months
back , we have witnessed the collapse of a multi storied building in bellary
,Karnataka & we have witnessed a fire tragedy in
a multi-storey building in Bangalore, months ago there
was collapse of a huge building under construction in Bangalore , all resulting
in loss of human lives. Recently we have seen de-notification scam
involving VVIPs . All these are the result of violations of Urban
Town Planning Laws , Building bye-laws which are observed more in
breach by the criminals & conniving public servants . The
authorities are behaving like real estate agents of criminals , by-passing
norms , framing laws to the tune of criminals . Authorities are not honoring
RTI requests & even high ranking IAS officer repeatedly threatens
a commoner seeking information under RTI ACT .

Before embarking on land
acquisition for any projects government authorities must plan & assess what
are the actual requirement of land for that particular project. After finding
out the actual requirement of land , they must assess the loss of forest
area , cost of compensation pay-out , cost of rehabilitation of people ,
environmental damages & resultant health damages to people in surrounding
areas ,it’s resultant losses when the project gets running , if at all the
benefits , profits from that project far outweighs the losses ,then only
project should be put before the public for their consent. Ministers & IAS
officers must not take these decisions all by themselves in a hush – hush
manner.

Even when a project is
downsized , from the previously approved size , the land left over , surplus
land must be given back to the original owner on first priority . The project
managers must not sell those surplus lands to third parties for a premium .

Now , consider NICE –
BMIC SCANDAL or MINING Scandals , public servants in responsible positions are
accusing each other , there by proving that almost all of them are criminals.
In democracy , ministers & IAS officers are public servants , MLAs , MPs
are not leaders just public servants - representative of people. They
must represent people’s wishes & must order the IAS & other officers to
fulfil the wishes of people as per legal provisions.

Information input
forms part of process of one's expression. One's expression in any forms –
written , oral , etc becomes information input to the opposite person , in turn
he expresses his reply. Information & Expression are inseparable parts
& form lifeline of a democracy. That is the reason , Right to Expression is
the basic fundamental right as well as human right of every Indian citizen.
When a person's right to expression is violated , his other rights to
equality , justice , etc also are violated. Suppression of Information
amounts to curbing of Expression.

In a democracy , people
have a right to know how the public servants are functioning. However
till date public servants are hiding behind the veil of Officials
Secrets Act (which is of british vintage created by british to suppress
native indians). By this cover-up public servants are hiding their own
corruption , crimes , mismanagement , failures , etc. even RTI Act is not
being followed intoto by public servants. However the recentdelhihigh court ruling affirming that CJI is under RTI purview
& bound to answer RTI request , is noteworthy.

Our previous RTI request
to CJI , union home secretary of GOI, President ofIndia , DG & IGP of
GOK and others were not honored. The information I sought were answers to the
following questions mentioned in the below mentioned websites . the questions
concerned the past , present continuing injustices meted out to
millions of Indian citizens , due to wrong / illegal work practices
of Indian judges , police & public servants . The
information we sought would expose the traitors , anti-nationals ,
criminals in public service. The information we are seeking are no
defense secrets , no national secrets. The truthful information exposes the
anti-nationals , traitors in the public service & strengthens our national
security , national unity & integrity.

Hereby , I do request the
honorable supreme court of India to consider this as a PIL for : "writ of
Mandamus" and to issue instructions to the concerned public servants in
the following cases to perform their duties & to answer the
following Cross - Examination / RTI questions.

In the past , Mysore Maharaja & other philanthropists have donated
their personal lands , properties , built many lakes & ponds in mysore ,
bangalore and other places with public concern , public
wellbeing in their mind . They built these lakes & ponds
in addition to preserving the natural lakes & ponds. They
knew about the importance of ecological balance & environment. The
present rulers , IAS & KAS babus have even failed to
preserve the lakes & ponds built decades ago , let alone
build one. These Public servants have extended their
tacit support to building mafia , to kill these lakes &
ponds , to fill those lakes with industrial effluents ,
sewage & building mud wastes. After killing those lakes &
ponds , the building mafia encroaches on it & usurps that
public property in turn selling it for crores of rupees.

In
this way , Hootagalli lake was killed & encroached by Kaynes
Hotel ( now silent shores hotel) , Hebbal Lake is being
killed & encroached from all sides by industries and the
lake infront of BEML Quarters is being killed & land
demarcation for selling those land has already begun.

The public
servants were totally indifferent towards public outcry
against this . The IAS & KAS babus who are also
magistrates with judicial authority have failed in preserving
these lakes & ponds inspite of appeals to them. These death of
lakes resulting in their encroachments could have been prevented earlier
by DC , Tahsildar , MUDA Commissioner & KIADB Officers. Even I have
appealed to them through my web news paper , they didn’t take action at
all. I have made RTI request to those authorities to give me
information regarding status of those lakes years ago , fearing
truth will come out they didn’t answer my questions in full , they only
gave half truths. When I persisted with my RTI request the
Mysore District Magistrate at that time Mr. P.Manivannan repeatedly
called me over phone , abused me & threatened me . Even threats were
made by some policemen in mufti . Finally that lake land was
allotted to a person supposed to be close to the Industries
minister at that time. The courts are dispassionate & inhuman ,
while passing eviction orders against poor people , the police are full
of guts & show their full bravery , valour against these poor land encroachers.
Fine , let us appreciate their duty consciousness . However rich &
well connected criminals have illegally encroached upon public lands ,
the same courts and police are not taking appropriate action
inspite of repeated appeals , why ? Even the Supreme Court of
India & Police are Weak & Meek before Land Mafia. Don’t the same Judges
& Police have Guts , Bravery , Duty Consciousness & Integrity to take
action against such rich land grabbers ? The answer lies in the
following articles. Once again we offer our conditional services to
Supreme Court of India , to legally apprehend criminals while the
respective public servants have failed to do the same.

6.
To protect me , my family members & dependents from land mafia
& co-conspirators of the crime.

7.
To order , to issue Writ of Mandamus to Mysore District
Magistrate , MUDA Commissioner & KIADB Officer to disclose all the
information sought by me in my RTI request publicly. The copy of my RTI
request is reproduced below.

Rich builders ,
crooks in their greed for more money ( knowing fully well the
illegalities ) have constructed buildings on public land
, constructed buildings violating the building
bye-laws. Now , those crooks are earning lakhs of rupees rental
income . The government law enforcement agencies were
mum , didn’t demolish such buildings in time , allowing time for
crooks to benefit from anticipated regularisation.
However the same government agencies have not shown kind
consideration to poor people who have constructed
temporary hutments on public land . Those hutments were immediately
demolished & people evicted.

These building
bye-law violators , Land grabbers are not poor people living below
poverty line earning only rupees 32 per day as per planning
commission of india. These rich crooks don’t deserve sympathy , kind
consideration as they have committed the crime knowing fully well
the illegalities and they can bear the loss due to the
demolition of their illegal buildings. The government must also recover
rent & other monetary gains made out of those illegal buildings by
the builder.

The recent move of
Government of Karnataka to regularize building bye-law
violations & Public Land Grabbers amounts to :

1.
Rewards for illegalities , crimes if one is rich.

2.
Punishes , demotivates honest law abiding citizens.

3.
Double standards in law – one set for rich & one set for the poor.

4.
Total disregard to safety of people in those
illegal buildings .

5.
Total disregard to safety of people in the
neighbourhood and people using roads passing by those
illegal buildings.

"Power will go to the hands of rascals, , rogues and
freebooters. All Indian leaders will be of low calibre and men of straw. They
will have sweet tongues and silly hearts. They will fight among
themselves for power and will be lost in political squabbles . A day would come
when even air & water will be taxed." Sir Winston made this statement
in the House of Commons just before the independence of India & Pakistan.
Sadly , the forewarning of Late Winston Churchill has been
proved right by some of our criminal , corrupt people’s
representatives , police , public servants & Judges. Some of the below mentioned public servants fall among
the category of churchill’s men – Rogues , Rascals &
Freebooters.

We salute honest few in public service , our whole hearted
respects to them. HEREBY , I DO HUMBLY REQUEST YOU TO GIVE ME WRITTEN
STATEMENTS / ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS – WHICH IN ITSELF ( ie answers
) ARE THE INFORMATION SOUGHT BY ME. HERE WITH I AM SEEKING NOT THE OPINIONS
ABOUT SOME HYPOTHETICAL ISSUES , BUT YOUR OFFICIAL STAND , LEGAL STAND ON
ISSUES WHICH ARE OF FREQUENT OCCURRENCE WHICH ARE VIOLATING PEOPLE’S FUNDAMENTAL
RIGHTS & HUMAN RIGHTS. WE DO HAVE HIGHEST RESPECTS FOR JUDICIARY & ALL
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS , THIS IS AN APPEAL FOR TRUTH , INFORMATION SO THAT TO
APPREHEND CORRUPT FEW IN PUBLIC SERVICE, WHO ARE AIDING & ABETTING
TERRORISM , UNDERWORLD & CRIMINALS.

1. The land encroachments &
illegal buildings and it’s continued existence since
years is not possible without tacit , covert
support of jurisdictional revenue officials. What
disciplinary action has been taken against concerned officials with
respect to each case of land encroachment & illegal buildings ,
case wise ?

2. If not , why ?

3. Is not “land AKRAMA
SAKRAMA SCHEME” itself illegal ?

4. Is not the move of government
of Karnataka to legalise land encroachments & illegal buildings , in itself
illegal ?

5. Till date in some cases of land
encroachers are evicted & some buildings violating building byelaws
demolished , you could have spared them to enjoy the benefit of land akrama
sakrama scheme. Why you didn’t spare them ?

6. Is this scheme applicable for
only chosen few ?

7. Does this scheme also benefit
rich people above BPL ?

8. Does this scheme also benefit
big land developers , land developing companies ?

9. To my previous RTI appeals to
MUDA , BDA only partial information was given , conveniently hiding the truth.
Is it not violation of RTI act ?

10. Does not hiding information about land crimes ,
in itself also a crime ?

11. I have shown in detail some land crimes in Karnataka.
What action by government of Karnataka , casewise ?

1. how many times since
1987 , MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT has revised / modified the mysore city's
comprehensive city development plan ?

2. how many cases of CDP violations were registered by MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT
since 1987 till date ?

3. how many cases of CDP violations were legalized in the CDP revision /
modification by the authorities ?

4. when an application for alienation of land is made to you , say from civic
amenity site to commercial , what norms are followed by MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT
?

5. how do you provide alternate civic amenity site in the locality , if the
area is already full ? do you deprive people of civic amenities ?

6. during such alenation , is the MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT collecting market
rate difference between civic amenity site & commercial site ? if not why ?

7. in mysore city , many building complexes , buildings have been built fully
violating building bye-laws – no set off , no parking space , no emergency fire
exit , no earthquake tolerant . what action by MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT ?

8. how many cases of building bye-laws violations has been registered by MUDA /
MCC / GOVERNMENT since 1987 ? what is the action status report yearwise ?

10. has the MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT registered criminal cases against each such
illegal occupation ? if not why ? provide status report yearwise ?

11. in how many cases of such illegal occupation MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT has
legalized , regularized such illegal occupation just through MUDA's / MCC's
resolution instead of of reallotting the same through public notification to
the next senior most in the waiting list , after giving notice of allotment
cancellation to original allottee ? if not done so why ?

12. has the MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT followed all legal norms in reallotment of
lands , sites , houses , etc to the illegal occupiers ? what is the procedure
followed ?

13. in mysore city , numerous housing societies & real estate Developers
have mushroomed , Land allotments of how many housing societies , real estate
firms among them are legally authorized by MUDA , MCC , GOVERNMENT & how many
not ? since 1987 till date ?

16. the government has framed building bye-laws like width of road , space for
civic amenities , parking space , emergency fire exit , etc keeping high in the
mind safety of people first. MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT is in the practice of
levying a pittance as penalty on the building byelaw violators , layout
Development plan violators & legalizing those
violations. Safety of public & amenities of public are totally neglected by
MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT . When public people die , suffer injuries / accidents
– say during a fire tragedy in a complex due to lack of fire exit , when people
park vehicles on pavement in front of a business complex as the complex doesn't
have a parking space of it's own , the pedestrians going that way are forced to
come down on road resulting in accidents , injuries & deaths . is not the
MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT responsible for those accidents , injuries & deaths
?

26. is the MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT giving market value to land loosers ?

27. is the MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT exactly using the acquired lands , for the
same purpose mentioned in the project plan ?

28. is the MUDA / AUTHORITIES acquiring lands at lower rates from farmers &
selling it at a premium , by way making profits just like a real estate agency
?

29. in villages , there are cattle grazing grounds meant for the usage of whole
villagers, forest for the usage of whole village , lands belonging to village
temples. Some villagers have donated their personal lands to village temples ,
cattle grazing for the benefit of whole villagers. All the villagers are stake
holders , owners of such lands. When MUDA / MCC /
GOVERNMENT acquires such lands to whom does it pay compensation ? what about
welfare objectives of those lands ?

30. till date , how many lakes , ponds , how many feeder canals have been
closed , filled with mud , developed , sold as sites , etc by MUDA MCC or other
land developers ?

31. has the MUDA , MCC taken alternate steps to create new lakes , ponds ? how
many are created till date ?

32. in & around mysore city , high tension electric lines are there in busy
residential areas . as per Indian electricity act , no permanent structures
should be under the HT lines. However there are buildings under it. In some
places , HT lines runs in the middle of the road. The authorities Have
developed those areas beneath HT lines as parks , rented out
advertisement spaces & built permanent fencing of those areas spending
lakhs of taxpayer's money. This fencing obstructs the movement of service
personnel of electricity board , to service HT line. Are all these structures
under
& surrounding HT lines legal ?

33. till date how many burial grounds are acquired & sold as sites by MUDA
/ MCC / GOVERNMENT or other developers ? specific figures yearwise since 1987
castewise , religionwise ?

34. in & around mysore city , in how many areas developed by MUDA &
private developers , the sewage water generated in those areas is directly let
into lake , ponds ?

37. how many unauthorized housing layouts are there in & around mysore city
? what action by MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT against them ? action taken report
yearwise since 1987 till date .

38. around mysore city , vast areas of village farm lands , agricultural lands
are acquired by private real estate developers for non agricultural purposes by
a single firm or single owner. Are these actions legal ? some of these real
estate agents have sold those lands to private industries , multinational
companies for crores of rupees. Has the MUDA / MCC /
GOVERNMENT given alienation of land ie conversion from agricultural to
industrial usage. Has KIADB given consent to it ?

39. can a single individual / firm can purchase such vast tracts of
agricultural lands , is it legal ? is it within the KIADB's
comprehensive industrial area development plan ?

40. has the MUDA / MCC , KIADB given wide publicity , public notice calling for
objections before alienation of such lands ?

41. are all those alienations , strictly in conformance to MUDA's / MCC's CDP
& KIADB's industrial area development plan ? violations how many ?

43.what action has been taken based on mysore district magistrate mr.T.M.Vijaya
Bhaskar's report on land grabbings in mysore ?

44.in mysore city ,
hebbal-hootagalli industrial area , a lake has been destroyed while building
kaynes hotel , hinkal lake is shrinking , lake in front of BEML Quarters has
been alloted to M/S THRILLER CLOTHING CO, are all these actions legal & in
conformance to MUDA's CDP ? if not why ? what action ?

45. while auctioning off the lands of sick industrial unit M/S IDEAL JAWA LTD ,
was there any pre-qualification to bidders that after purchase of lands only it
must be used for industrial use or only industries can participate in the
bidding process ?

46.why not it has been clearly mentioned in the tender document that , said
land is open for alienation ?

47. about this issue , our publication has even raised it's objections , in
it's newspaper . no action , why ? as a result , the government , banks ,
employees were cheated off their dues & the private firm made huge profits.
is this auction & alienation legal ?

48.numerous NGO's , trusts promoted by religious bodies , mutts are allotted
prime lands at preferrential rates , for the reason that they will use it for
public / social welfare. however many of the trusts are using the whole or part
of the land for commercial purposes other than the stated public / social
welfare purpose. what action has been taken by MUDA , MCC or government in such
cases ?

49.how many trusts have violated government norms in this way since 1987 till
date? what action taken by MUDA , MCC & government action taken report
yearwise since 1987 till date ?

50.how many such illegalities / violations by trusts are regularized by MUDA ,
MCC or authorities , on what legal grounds ? ATR since 1987 till date ?

51.before regularizing such violations have you sought public objections &
given media publicity ? if not why ?

52.how you are monitoring the net wealth growth of some MUDA / MCC / REVENUE
officials & their family members , who have land acquisition / denotifying
, land usage conversion authorities ?

53.how many trusts , NGOs are allotted prime residential / commercial lands by
MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT on lease basis , in turn the said trusts , NGOs have
sulet it either partly or wholly to others ?

54.how many such lease allotments are sold by MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT before
the expiry of lease period , without public auction ?

55. what are the norms followed by MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT for the sale of
leased lands to the lessee before the expiry of lease period ?

1. how many times since 1987 , BDA / BBMNP / KIADB /
GOVERNMENT has revised / modified the Bangalore city's comprehensive city
development plan ?

2. how many cases of CDP violations were registered by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB /
GOVERNMENT since 1987 till date ?

3. how many cases of CDP violations were legalized in the CDP revision /
modification by the authorities ?

4. when an application for alienation of land is made to you , say from civic
amenity site to commercial , what norms are followed by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB /
GOVERNMENT?

5. how do you provide alternate civic amenity site in the locality , if the
area is already full ? do you deprive people of civic amenities ?

6. during such alenation , is the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT collecting
market rate difference between civic amenity site & commercial site ? if
not why ?

7. in bangalore city , many building complexes , buildings have been built
fully violating building bye-laws – no set off , no parking space , no
emergency fire exit , no earthquake tolerant . what action by BDA / BBMNP /
KIADB / GOVERNMENT?

8. how many cases of building bye-laws violations has been registered by BDA /
BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT since 1987 ? what is the action status report
yearwise ?

11. in how many cases of such illegal occupation BDA / BBMNP / KIADB /
GOVERNMENT has legalized , regularized such illegal occupation just through BDA
/ BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT ` s resolution instead of of re-allotting the same
through public notification to the next senior most in the waiting list , after
giving notice of allotment cancellation to original allottee ? if not done so
why ?

12. has the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT followed all legal norms in
reallotment of lands , sites , houses , etc to the illegal occupiers ? what is
the procedure followed ?

13. in bangalore city , numerous housing societies & real estate Developers
have mushroomed , Land allotments of how many housing societies , real estate
firms among them are legally authorized by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT
& how many not ? since 1987 till date ?

16. the government has framed building bye-laws like width of road , space for
civic amenities , parking space , emergency fire exit , etc keeping high in the
mind safety of people first. BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT is in the
practice of levying a pittance as penalty on the building byelaw violators ,
layout Development plan violators & legalizing those violations. Safety of
public & amenities of public are totally neglected by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB /
GOVERNMENT. When public people die , suffer injuries / accidents – say during a
fire tragedy in a complex due to lack of fire exit , when people park vehicles
on pavement in front of a business complex as the complex doesn't have a
parking space of it's own , the pedestrians going that way are forced to come
down on road resulting in accidents , injuries & deaths . is not the BDA /
BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT responsible for those accidents , injuries &
deaths ?

27. is the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT exactly using the acquired lands ,
for the same purpose mentioned in the project plan ?

28. is the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT acquiring lands at lower rates from
farmers & selling it at a premium , by way making profits just like a real
estate agency ?

29. in villages , there are cattle grazing grounds meant for the usage of whole
villagers, forest for the usage of whole village , lands belonging to village
temples. Some villagers have donated their personal lands to village temples ,
cattle grazing for the benefit of whole villagers. All the villagers are stake
holders , owners of such lands. When BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT acquires
such lands to whom does it pay compensation ? what about welfare objectives of
those lands ?

30. till date , how many lakes , ponds , how many feeder canals have been
closed , filled with mud , developed , sold as sites , etc by BDA / BBMNP /
KIADB / GOVERNMENT or other land developers ?

31. has the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT taken alternate steps to create
new lakes , ponds ? how many are created till date ?

32. in & around bangalore city , high tension electric lines are there in
busy residential areas . as per Indian electricity act , no permanent
structures should be under the HT lines. However there are buildings under it.
In some places , HT lines runs in the middle of the road. The authorities Have
developed those areas beneath HT lines as parks , rented out advertisement
spaces & built permanent fencing of those areas spending lakhs of
taxpayer's money. This fencing obstructs the movement of service personnel of
electricity board , to service HT line. Are all these structures under &
surrounding HT lines legal ?

37. how many unauthorized housing layouts are there in & around bangalore
city ? what action by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT against them ? action
taken report yearwise since 1987 till date .

38. around bangalore city , vast areas of village farm lands , agricultural
lands are acquired by private real estate developers for non agricultural
purposes by a single firm or single owner. Are these actions legal ? some of
these real estate agents have sold those lands to private industries ,
multinational companies for crores of rupees. Has the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB /
GOVERNMENT given alienation of land ie conversion from agricultural to
industrial usage. Has KIADB given consent to it ?

39. can a single individual / firm can purchase such vast tracts of
agricultural lands , is it legal ? is it within the KIADB's comprehensive
industrial area development plan ?

40. has the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT given wide publicity , public
notice calling for objections before alienation of such lands ?

41. are all those alienations , strictly in conformance to BDA / BBMNP / KIADB
/ GOVERNMENT's industrial area development plan ? violations how many ?

43.what action has been taken based on mysore district magistrate mr.T.M.Vijaya
Bhaskar's report on land grabbings in mysore ?

44.in mysore city ,
hebbal-hootagalli industrial area , a lake has been destroyed while building
kaynes hotel , hinkal lake is shrinking , lake in front of BEML Quarters has
been alloted to M/S THRILLER CLOTHING CO, are all these actions legal & in
conformance to MUDA's CDP ? if not why ? what action ?

45. while auctioning off the lands of sick industrial unit M/S IDEAL JAWA LTD ,
was there any pre-qualification to bidders that after purchase of lands only it
must be used for industrial use or only industries can participate in the
bidding process ?

46.why not it has been clearly mentioned in the tender document that , said
land is open for alienation ?

47. about this issue , our publication has even raised it's objections , in
it's newspaper . no action , why ? as a result , the government , banks ,
employees were cheated off their dues & the private firm made huge profits.
is this auction & alienation legal ?

48.numerous NGO's , trusts promoted by religious bodies , mutts are allotted
prime lands at preferrential rates , for the reason that they will use it for
public / social welfare. however many of the trusts are using the whole or part
of the land for commercial purposes other than the stated public / social
welfare purpose. what action has been taken by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT
in such cases ?

49.how many trusts have violated government norms in this way since 1987 till
date? what action taken by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT action taken report
yearwise since 1987 till date ?

51.before regularizing such violations have you sought public objections &
given media publicity ? if not why ?

52.how you are monitoring the net wealth growth of some BDA / BBMNP / KIADB /
GOVERNMENT officials & their family members , who have land acquisition /
denotifying , land usage conversion authorities ?

53.how many trusts , NGOs are allotted prime residential / commercial lands by
BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT on lease basis , in turn the said trusts ,
NGOs have sulet it either partly or wholly to others ?

54.how many such lease allotments are sold by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT
before the expiry of lease period , without public auction ?

55. what are the norms followed by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT for the
sale of leased lands to the lessee before the expiry of lease period ?

56. what is the status of
house allotted to sri.chandrashekariah vide BDA allotment letter no: 310/267/BDA/ADM/KMRSL(H)/78-79 dt 11/08/1978.

57. why BDA didn't file
police complaint to evict encroachers?

58. why BDA didn't inform
the descendents of original allottee about the cancellation of their allotment
?

59.what happened to the
money deposited by original allottee?

60.is the action of BDA allotting the said house to an
illegal encroacher just by the resolution of BDA committee legal ?

61. in case the BDA wished
to re-allot the said house , first it must have informed the original allottee
about cancellation of allotment allowing them sufficient time to reply with
public notice in news papers , then they should have allotted the said house to
the senior most in the waiting list. But BDA has just allotted the house to an
illegal encroacher by the resolution of BDA committee. Is it legal ?

62. BDA officials gave
half truths to my RTI request & stated that the said file concerning this
issue cann't be found ie lost . is it legal ?

63. has the BDA filed
police complaint regarding theft of file from the record room ? HONOURABLE COMMISSIONER
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Bangalore Rural DC Aiyappa, three
revenue officials held

BANGALORE: Lokayukta police have
arrested Bangalore Rural district deputy commissioner MK Aiyappa, a special
tahsildar, a revenue inspector and a sub-registrar for allegedly changing
records pertaining to 32 acres of land in Survey No. 62 of Madappanahalli, near
Yelahanka.

The arrested officials were produced in the Lokayukta court, which remanded
them to a day in police custody. The Lokayukta court had on November 5 last
year ordered that a case be filed under Sections 13 (1)( c), (d), (e) and 13(2)
read with Section 12 of the Prevention of Corruption Act as well as criminal
Sections 406, 409, 420, 426, 463, 468, 471, 474 read with Section 120-B
(criminal conspiracy).
The Lokayukta court order followed a private complaint by P Anil Kumar, a
resident of Hesaraghatta.
Preliminary investigation revealed the land was gomala land (common property
resource used for livestock grazing), but a person named Narasimhaiah claimed
ownership of all the 32 acres. Records were created and the land restored to
him, but the then revenue inspector restored the title to the government. Even
as the legal dispute was pending, the land was purchased by private
individuals. The Hesaraghatta sub-registrar registered the land in their names
in 2009.
"The present rate for the land is about Rs 60 crore. Bigwigs named in the
complaint will be questioned, including the purchasers. Everything is on
record, and nobody can deny their responsibility in taking away government land
and restoring it to private individuals," a Lokayukta police official
privy to the investigation told TOI.
There will be some more arrests, he added, as there's ample documentary evidence
and other witness accounts available.

Acting Chief Justice of High Court
of Karnataka, Justice K Sreedhar Rao on Saturday said lack of logic in several
laws, including land reforms and acquisition laws, is encouraging land mafia,
especially in urban centres.

“The existing Land Acquisition Act is the greatest enemy of the common man. We
have only encouraged land mafia through legislation,” he said, while addressing
the National Consultation on “Urban Poor and the Law,” organised by National
Law School of India University (NLSIU) here.

Justice Rao said laws related to land need an overhaul, to ensure owners of the
land get a share of development. “The growth of real estate mafias and
skyrocketing property prices hindered average income earners from purchasing
property. By creating mega cities, we have done a great damage to the country,”
he added.

Justice Rao said various governments have failed to develop district and taluk
head quarters as a result of which we are not able to prevent migration to
cities. “Bangalore has developed as a cancerous slum. The urban areas are not
having the infrastructure or facilities to deal with this massive population
inflow,” he said. The judge also pointed out that the zoning laws often allow
arbitrary classifications without taking into account the real situations on
ground.

P K Mohanty, Additional Secretary, Union Ministry of Housing and Poverty
Alleviation, said the proposed law for property rights for urban poor, to
ensure spaces for street vendors, was under consideration and it would be soon
placed before the Parliament.

A major issue that needs to be addressed is residency rights of urban poor in
the context of vulnerabilities that they face. Though several governmental
programmes, specially JNNURM were designed for this purpose, there was a lack
of sufficient response from the States to avail the funds and use them in time,
he said.

BMTF proposes, government disposes

Siddaiah was brought back to BBMP
despite request for his suspension for his role in DLF case

Senior IAS officer H. Siddaiah, who
returned as Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Commissioner for a second
stint, has come under the scanner of the Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force
(BMTF) as a ‘suspect officer’ for his alleged role in the DLF case.

The BMTF, probing the DLF scam that
involved illegal widening of a road to facilitate an increase in the floor area
ratio (FAR) of an apartment complex, had named Mr. Siddaiah, his predecessor
Bharat Lal Meena, besides the former Bangalore Development Authority (BDA)
Commissioner Pradeep Singh Kharola among the three IAS officers whose role had
surfaced during its investigation “based on oral and documentary evidence”.

BMTF letter

In a letter to Chief Secretary S.V.
Ranganath, dated November 29, 2012, the BMTF had sought to place under
suspension these three officials, besides 23 others of the BDA and BBMP, to
facilitate fair probe.

However, the government chose to
ignore the BMTF’s recommendation and brought Mr. Siddaiah back to the BBMP from
the Higher Education Department where he was serving as Principal Secretary,
thus replacing Commissioner Rajneesh Goel.

The report also names several senior
officials of the BBMP and the BDA as “suspect officials” for having allegedly
colluded to allow the DLF to up the FAR for its projects, violating BBMP bylaws
and BDA’s master plan.

Charge against Shettar

Meanwhile, RTI activist Dinesh
Kallahalli accused Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar of trying to hush up the
matter by bringing back the same “suspect” officials. He plans to seekGovernor
H.R. Bhardwaj’s intervention in the matter as the Chief Minister was involved.

Speaking at a press conference here
on Saturday, Mr. Kallahalli said Tirakana Goudar, Town Planning Member (TPM) in
the BDA, who was reinstated to his post while he was out on bail, was also
being favoured by the Chief Minister.

DLF violations

The BMTF has arrested Mr. Goudar,
who was charged with helping DLF Southern Homes legalise construction beyond
what was permitted on a civic amenity (CA) site. He was accused of approving
the widening of the Hulimavu-Begur Road to legalise DLF Southern Homes illegal
construction.

“DLF constructed 1,962 flats instead
of the 440 for which they had taken permission. We are not even able to get
documents under the Right to Information Act. We want the Governor to
intervene,” Mr. Kallahalli said.

LAND
SCAM IN TAMILNADU One for my
officer, one for my boy…

Land
and property are coveted assets. So why are chief ministers allowed to give
these away as favours? JEEMON JACOB tracks how Tamil Nadu Chief
Minister M Karunanidhi has been using his quotas

ILLUSTRATION: ANAND NAOREM

IN
NOVEMBER, Chief Minister of Karnataka BS Yeddyurappa almost lost his job,
due to the uproar over preferential allotment of land and property to his sons
and close associates. He has since cancelled the allotments, asked his children
to move out of his official residence, and retained his seat through some deft
political manoeuvring and muscle-flexing. At the height of the campaign against
him, as political opponents paraded on apparent moral high ground, TEHELKA
published details of plots similarly allotted by previous Karnataka chief
ministers, both of the Congress and the JD(S), to relatives, servants, drivers,
maids and partymen (LAND SCAM 2.0, 4 December). The purpose was not to make
Yeddyurappa’s wrongdoings look less shocking, but to show that the problem was
endemic and needed rooting out. The right given to chief ministers to hand out
public land to a favoured few — relatives, bureaucrats, judges, police officers
and others — smacks of nepotism and arbitrary feudal power structures that
should have no place in a modern democracy. (Though there is no immediate proof
of this, some of these allotments could also be benamitransactions,
in which the ultimate ownership remains with the distributor of the largesse,
camouflaged by a stack of fake documents.)

This power
— euphemistically called “discretionary quota” — has even been used to favour allegedly
corrupt army officers like General Deepak Kapoor (AT EASE WITH GREASE, TEHELKA,
20 November), who was given a large 500 sq yd plot in Haryana by the Hooda
government, which then faced the embarrassment of refusing him permission to
sell it off before five years had elapsed, as per rules. The plot was given to
him by the government as preferential allotment in recognition for his
‘outstanding achievement’.

This week,
continuing its campaign against out-of-turn allotments of land and property,
TEHELKA has an exposé on Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi. The Tamil
Nadu Housing Board (TNHB) which commands a large land bank, has a government
discretionary quota (GDQ) under which 15 percent of all allotments can be
recommended by the CM. Eligibility for allotment under GDQ is as follows:
single/deserted women; widows; social workers; physically handicapped persons;
defence personnel; ex-servicemen; eminent persons in the field of science,
arts, literature, economics, public administration and sports; freedom
fighters; government servants with unblemished service records; employees of
PSUs, central government undertakings and nationalised banks; PF institutions;
journalists; university staff; and employees of local bodies and
municipalities.

While some
of these categories sound kosher, most of them raise a fundamental question:
why should the government have the power to give coveted land to select
employees and journalists over others? The only rationale could be proximity —
which is an untenable reason for being the beneficiary of political favours,
often worth several crores.

Setting
this aside, even within the legal ambit of the GDQ, TEHELKA’s investigation
shows that many of the allotments in Karunanidhi’s tenure have violated the
rule book. Many bureaucrats and their relatives have been given plots or flats
under the category of “social worker”. Some of these last did social work when
they were in college; many of them claim to be volunteers in such routine
activity as helping in blood donation or eye camps. Many have issued
certificates to themselves; some have acquired letters from the Lions and
Rotary Clubs with vague endorsements. In other violations, the rules say that
no one who has any other land or property in Tamil Nadu or any other capital city,
in either their own or spouse or minor children’s name, can apply for GDQ
allotments. TEHELKA found this is routinely violated.

Many of the allottees issued certificates to themselves,
while some got letters from Lions and Rotary Clubs

The other
brazen violation lies in the claim of “unblemished” service records as a
qualification for allotment. When RTI activist V Gopalakrishnan sought a list
of such bureaucrats, Additional Secretary S Solomon Raj said, “As no
unblemished government servant certificates are issued, the question of
furnishing a list of names does not arise.” The additional secretary also
clarified that the home department didn’t have such a list. This is the phantom
category under which many public servants like Jaffar Sait, 1986 batch IPS
officer, now Inspector General of Police–Intelligence, got large allotments of
land in prime locations. Why them more than hundreds of others? That’s a
democratic question the chief minister will have to answer.

VIOLATIONS
The judge was allotted two adjoining plots on the same day (30 March 2008).
According to her Disclosure of Assets statement of 2009, the judge already
had a house in her name, and another plot in her husband, advocate K
Ganesan’s name. The house, in the Uthangarai area of Krishnagiri district,
was constructed in 1985 on a plot purchased in 1982. The plot of land is
located in Saidapet and was purchased in 1993. She however admits in her
declaration that she owns two plots, which she purchased from the TN
Housing Board in 2008. But this allocation was made under the General
Category. Since judges do not come under any of the quota categories, the
government’s way of allotting land to them differs from the rest. Judges
are informed about the availability of land. And when they apply for the
same, the government facilitates the allotment.

VIOLATIONS
Close relative of DMK supremo Karunanidhi and the Chairman of the School
Fee Determination Committee. Little wonder then he was also the recipient
of special favours while he was still a serving judge. At the time of the
allotment, the judge owned a 50 percent share in an ancestral house at
Thiruveezhimizhalai village. The judge had also sold a property he owned at
Pazhavatthankattali village near Kumbakonam. The land was purchased in
1991, a house was constructed on it in 1992 and sold in 2009. He had also
sold the landed property of his wife in 2009.

VIOLATIONS
The advocate owned landed property in more than one location when she was
allotted the plot — one vacant house site in Karanai Puducheri village and
another in Katrampakkam village, in Kancheepuram district. Her husband,
Justice M Satyanarayanan of the Madras High Court, in his Disclosure of
Assets, stated that he owns a repurchased MIG flat constructed in 1969 at
Indra Nagar in Chennai. Ambika was allotted land under the GDQ.

VIOLATIONS
Allotted under ‘unblemished’ government servant category. On 6 June 2008,
the government transferred the ownership of the plot to his daughter
Jennifer Jaffar, then a student. Jennifer made two payments of Rs. 46.03
lakh and Rs.1.73 lakh towards cost of the plot. In February 2009, she paid
another Rs.60 lakh. After having paid Rs.1.07 crore, the ownership of plot
was transferred to her mother Parvin Jaffar. Interestingly, Parvin also
made the payment all over again. In October 2009, she paid Rs. 50.64 lakh
and then again in November 2009, another Rs. 25 lakh was deposited. A
further payment of Rs. 51.5 lakh in the same month was made. Income tax
officials feel the Sait family made the double payment to avoid an IT
investigation on Jennifer, who would not have been able to show any source
of income. The Tamil Nadu Housing Board then returned the original amount
paid by Jennifer. Now, Parvin in collaboration with Durga Sankar, son of an
IAS officer, has commissioned a builder to construct a multi-storey complex
in which 12 flats have already been built. Each flat is expected to fetch
an estimated 1 crore. So, by paying Rs. 1.26 crore in 2009, the IGP’s
family made a profit of more than Rs. 5.7 crore.

VIOLATIONS
Allotted flat under Social worker category. The tehsildar of Salem issued
her a certificate though he is not empowered to. The certificate says she
“is a well-known social worker involved in social welfare activities such
as president of Poolavari village panchayat, head of parent-teachers
association, participating in educational programmes of many schools”.

VIOLATIONS
She was allotted the flat under the Social Worker category. The supporting
document was a letter from a Rotary Club. The letter from PNK
Venkatachalapathy, president of the Rotary Club of Oddachatram, dated 31
March 2008, states that “she is known to me as a social worker who is
participating in social service activities of our Rotary Club at blood
donation camps, free health checkup camps and other welfare activities. She
has also been helping in providing several other basic amenities for the
people surrounding the slum area for the past several years. I wish her
every success to do more services to needy people in and around the area”.

VIOLATIONS
Though a member of a DMK trade union, he was allotted land under the Social
Worker category. Has three plots in his name and one in his spouse’s name.
He has not produced any supporting document about the social work he has
done.

VIOLATIONS
She was allotted the plot under the Social Worker category. An RTI
application revealed that she had not been engaged in any kind of social
work that would make her eligible for this category.

VIOLATIONS
Like her mother, the 20-year-old was given a certificate of social work and
domicile by the tehsildar of Salem, stating that she “is a wellknown social
worker who is involved in many social welfare activities, such as national
social service, participating in eye camp, blood donation and giving
education to poor students”. The certificate was issued on 27 February
2008, the same day her mother got one. Both got adjoining flats.

VIOLATIONS
Allotted plot under the Social Worker category but there’s no evidence to
back it. Constructing a three-storey building involving a cost beyond the
family’s known sources of income. Her husband owns another property in his
name. Her plot is adjacent to the plots of IGP-Intelligence Jaffar Sait and
Durga Shankar, son of the CM’s secretary.

Naveenkumar
Son of P Muthuveeran, IAS, who was District Collector, Theni, and close to
the Chief Minister

VIOLATIONS
Allotted flat under the Social Worker category. He works in a software company
in Chennai and submitted a salary slip of Rs. 20,000 per month at the time
of allotment. Now, he is constructing a fourstorey structure on the plot.

VIOLATIONS
Allotted flat under the Social Worker category. Certificate issued relates
to 1983, when he was a student. The college principal says he actively participated
in “many social activities conducted by us. He continues to evince interest
in social service activities”. Curiously, the EMI of Rs. 74,000 is almost
double his monthly salary.

VIOLATIONS
He is a businessman, but allotted the plot under the Social Worker category.
He also submitted an affidavit that the plot would be used for residential
purposes. But he violated the conditions and developed the property for
commercial purposes.

The Others

M Ilamukil
IT Manager, DMK HQ, Chennai

VIOLATIONS
Allotted flat under the Social Worker category on a certificate issued by
the Lions Club. The certificate states that he “is participating in social
service activities of Lions Club at blood donation camp, free health camps
for the past several years”.

Ilanthendral
Ilamukil’s sister

VIOLATIONS
Allotted HIG flat under the Social Worker category on the basis of a
certificate issued by a panchayat, which is not valid.

N Kannabiran
Junior attendant at the Supreme Court

VIOLATIONS
Allotted flat under the Social Worker category. Kannabiran, a Delhi
resident, was issued a salary certificate by the SC registrar for
purchasing land in Tamil Nadu. He was allotted on the recommendation of his
superior, who has close links with the DMK.

C Ganeshan and C Vinothan
PSOs, CM’s Security

VIOLATIONS
Allotted flats under the ‘unblemished’ government servants category.
Documents reveal the Superintendent of Police, Security Branch, Chennai,
issued vague conduct certificates after the duo were allotted the flats
provisionally.

P Meena
W/O P Pandian, PSO, CM’s Security

VIOLATIONS
Allotted flat under the Social Worker category. She produced a letter from
MS Velu of the Lions Club, who liberally issued certificates for sons and
daughters of bureaucrats to help them avail of prime plots allotted by the
TN Housing Board out of the government discretionary quota.

PHOTOS: THE
HINDU, JEEMON JACOB

Reactions to Land Scam 3.0

D Yashoda, Congress MLA,
Kancheepuram

“I have done a lot of work for
Dalits throughout Tamil Nadu, especially in Sriperumbudur and Chennai. I
have helped them in getting pattas for their land, recommending their names
for loans from banks, distributing cycles to Dalits on the birthdays of
Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi.”

Jaffar Sait, IPS,
IG-Intelligence

“Government agencies have
already probed the matter. I am being governed by the conduct rules, so I
should not talk to you about the issue. It is advisable that you seek a
response from the Tamil Nadu government. I would like to add that if any
defamation or liability arises out of your article, necessary legal action
would be taken.”

P Moorthy, Madurai MLA

“I don’t know much about the
certificate, I think I got the plot because I’m an MLA. I have done a lot
of work in uplifting the people in villages of my constituency. That
amounts to social work. I don’t need a social work certificate from the
Lions Club but my friends, partners and I took the certificate anyway. “

‘GDQ is a
way of making you part of the syndicate’

BY JEEMON
JACOB

C Umashanker

PHOTO: JEEMON JACOB

A1990 batch
IAS officer, C Umashanker shot to fame during the AIADMK regime when he
exposed a scam in the construction of sheds in a cremation ground under the
Jawahar Rozgar Yojana when he was additional collector in Madurai. His brush
with AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa’s partymen resulted in his transfer out of
the district.

Later, when
the DMK came to power, he was appointed managing director of the state-run
Electronic Corporation of Tamil Nadu and put in charge of procuring colour
television sets for free distribution to the poor in the state, in keeping with
an election promise of the DMK. He was transferred with immediate effect after
he exposed corporate fraud committed by the joint venture promoter ELNET
Technologies Ltd.

Later, he
was posted as managing director of the state-run Arasu Cable TV Corporation. In
this capacity, he opposed the monopoly of Sumangali Corporation run by
Kalanidhi Maran. He also took steps to nationalise Sumangali Cable Vision. By
that time, Maran had a patch-up with the Karunanidhi family and Umashanker was
transferred with immediate effect.

Later, the
anti-corruption and vigilance department registered a case against him for
disproportionate assets. The government suspended him for claiming fake caste
certificate as a Dalit when he is a practising Christian.

Plots are allotted even without any formal applications.
There is no transparency at all

He lodged
a complaint with the National Backward Commission against his suspension and
got a favourable order from the High Court. At present, he is managing director
of Tamil Nadu Small Industries Corporation.

Umashanker
was allotted a plot (under government order 2D 325) on 3 April 2008 at
Thiruvanmiyur Extension when he was in charge of the free colour television for
the poor programme. For this, he would have had to pay 55.12 lakh. He wrote to
the chief minister that he could not afford to pay such a huge amount. Later,
his allotment was cancelled without stating any reason.

Umashanker
revealed he had an MIG flat in his name when the plot was allotted and he was
not aware about the rule of Tamil Nadu Housing Board (TNHB) that he can’t claim
a plot when he has another flat in his name.

It
certainly seems commendable that Umashanker turned down a chance to own a plot
in Thiruvanmiyur Extension, one of the poshest areas of the city. The plot is
just 300 metres from the beach.

Though the
entire colony has been parcelled out to those close to the ruling
establishment, it is the nouveau riche and the industrialists who dream of
owning a house in Thiruvanmiyur, where they can rub shoulders with former
judges, bureaucrats and political power brokers. If and when the allottees
decide to sell their plots, they can demand extremely high prices.

In a frank
chat, Umashanker talks about how the government discretionary quota has been
misused. Excerpts:

Why are bureaucrats,
judges, former judges and politicians given housing plots in posh localities
under government discretionary quota?
Who can refuse a good piece of land in Chennai city? It’s a way of rewarding
people for good work done. No inquiry has been conducted in this matter so far.
Discretionary quota is the prerogative of the government. After RTI came into
existence, several activists are taking up the matter in court. Basically,
there is no control mechanism or checks and balances. There is little transparency
while awarding the GDQ — the plots are allotted without formal applications.

You were
also allotted a plot in 2008 under the ‘unblemished government servant’
category. What happened to the allotment?
Yes, I was allotted a plot in Thiruvanmiyur Extension. Initial payment for the
plot was Rs. 25 lakh. I never had that much money. So I requested the
government to reduce the price. But there was no response. I did not want a
house to compromise my integrity. So I never took possession. Later, in 2009, the
government ordered a vigilance inquiry against me and cancelled the allotment.
Frankly, I was not aware about the TNHB rules that bars a person having a plot,
a flat or a house from claiming another plot.

Do you
think the GDQ quota is a way of silencing people, buying them out?
Yes, it is a way of making you a part of the syndicate. Plots or flats are
given to those civil servants, judges or relatives of the bureaucrats or
politicians for complying with certain requirements. There is no procedure for
IAS or IPS officers to get a land or plot or flat in a transparent manner. So
everybody uses short cuts.

Minister’s
DQ proves judges are more corrupt than civil servant

NEW
DELHI/BHUBANESWAR: An investigation by Cobra post and IBN Network has revealed
how former and sitting judges of Orissa, police officers and bureaucrats have
received flats from the DiscretionaryQuota (DQ) of ministers. As a
matter of fact, successive Urban Development Ministers in the Naveen Patnaik
government have misused the discretionary housing quota.

According
to the revelation, the judges have got the ‘minister quota’ flats out of turn
and at cheaper rates.

The IBN
Network accessed letters of judges written to the government asking for prime
property in Cuttack and Bhubaneswar.

Prime
properties were acquired in Cuttack at concession rates, bypassing the Cuttack
Development Authority. In fact, Sectors 10, 11 and 13 of Cuttack’s Abhinav
Bidanasi project has practically become a judges’ residential colony.

Former
Chief Justice G B. Patnaik is a resident of flat 1B/22 in Sector 11 while
former Orissa High CourtJudge Radhakrishna Patra has flat 1B/23 in the
same sector, given out on lease.

Most of
the allotments took place between 2000 and 2007, under the BJP cadre
Urban and Housing Development Minister Sameer De who was State
Development Minister from 2000-2004 and then Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo who called
the shots from 2004 to 2007.

All that
the judges had to do was written to the Minister. The CNN-IBN has a letter
written by Justice Madan Mohan Das to the CDA Chairman and to Minister Kanak
Vardhan Singhdeo, asking for a B-Category Flat in Sector 10, saying he would
ensure a third party transfer of a C-Category Flat already owned by his
wife.Justice Das was allotted the flat in just six days.

When asked
why the discretionary quota was used to make the allotments, Sameer
Dey, former Orissa urban development minister, said, “The Orissa act does not
have any such rule. There is 5 per cent and 10 per cent allocation
in discretionary quota. Apart from that we don’t have any rule.”

Kanak
Vardhan Singh Deo, former Orissa urban development minister, said, “The rule is
that only those who apply for the project can be allotted land
via Discretionary Quota. So if any such person does not apply what
can we do?”

CNN-IBN
has also found that many of the judges who were allotted land through
the discretionary quota already own ancestral property in Cuttack.
Yet the ministers were allotted the land they asked for.

Mysore DC indicted for illegally
delisting Rs 6k crore land

BANGALORE: A major land
scam worth nearly Rs 6,000 crore, involving about 2,000 acres at the foothills
of Chamundi Hills in Mysore, has been unearthed.

Mysore deputy commissioner
P S Vastrad is in the spotlight for illegally delisting in June nearly 2,000
acres of prime government land in favour of the Mysore royal family. The land
in question is 1,541 acres in Kurubaralli, 259 acres in Chowdahalli and 173
acres in Alanahalli. The market value of an acre in these areas is between Rs 1
crore and Rs 3 crore.

Some top state BJP leaders
and influential religious leaders are said be behind the illegal conversion of
the land from 'B' kharab to 'A' kharab. According to the Karnataka Land Revenue
Act, 1964, 'B' kharab land is property reserved for a public purpose. Any
conversion of this to 'A' kharab - making it private property - needs
government authorization. But Vastrad passed the order without bringing it to
the notice of the government.

"This happened when
DV Sadananda Gowda as chief minister held more than 20 portfolios, including
revenue. Lack of monitoring in the revenue department enabled the deputy
commissioner to change the format," government sources said. Following
complaints against the change in land use, deputy chief minister in charge of
revenue K S Eshwarappa ordered a probe by chief secretary S V Ranganath, who
has given a report indicting Vastrad of being "guilty of misconduct".

The land was mentioned as
kharab in survey records dating back to 1861. Later, during a resurvey between
1920 and 1930, the same land was shown as 'B' kharab.

"It appears the DC
executed the order in undue haste. Any decision with respect to such land can
only be taken by the government under Section of 86 of the Karnataka Land
Revenue Act. The delisting of land from 'B' kharab to 'A' kharab without
considering the original survey records of 1861 is illegal," the chief
secretary said in his report.

Sources in the government
said the Mysore royal family had been claiming right over the land after the
death of the Mysore Maharaja in 1974, but several orders of the department of
personal and administrative reforms clearly state the land belongs to the
government. "The heir of the last Maharaja had been raising disputes. Due
to this and multiple litigation, unscrupulous elements are trying to falsify
records to gain control over this precious land," they added.

Interestingly, the DC
withdrew his June order on August 18 on being indicted. Meanwhile, the
Karnataka High Court ordered the status quo.

Chief minister Jagadish
Shettar, who wanted to suspend Vastrad, is said to have dropped the idea
following pressure from top BJP leaders. The government feels that shunting him
out at a time when Dasara preparations are under way would mar the festivities.

"I will urge the CM
to convene a meeting and take action against the DC," Eshwarappa told TOI.

DC Vastrad yielded to real estate lobby: MLC

Mysore: BJP MLC G
Madhusudan on Friday accused Mysore DC P S Vastrad of succumbing to the real
estate lobby in a case related to some 2,000-acre land at the foothills of
Chamundi Hills.
He has complained to CM Jagadish Shettar in this regard. The BJP leader has
also asked for a stay on the proceedings following the order by Vastrad.
In his complaint to Shettar, the MLC said: "The land at the foothills is
quite precious and costs several thousand crores as per the present market...
You are requested to go through the documents and take up investigation into
the matter." In the strongly-worded letter, he has told the CM that
"people are alleging that the DC has succumbed to the real estate
lobby."
Releasing the copies of his petition, and that of related documents to the
media on Friday, Madhusudan asked the CM to intervene. According to him, the
court of the deputy commissioner has declared it as B-kharab land and has
directed the authorities concerned to issue khathas in the name of
Srikantadatta Narasimharaaja Wadiyar, the scion of Mysore royal family and
other respondents. In 1935 -- when Maharaja was ruling the state -- the said
land was declared as B-kharab, which remained the same all these years. In
fact, Maharajas Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar and Jayachamaraja Wadiyar wanted
that to be maintained as a green belt to guard the sanctity of the sacred site.
"To ensure this, maharaja Jayachamaraja Wadiyar did not make any attempt
to register the property in his name till his death," he contended, adding
that he didn't even go in for partition of the land in Kurburhalli.
Claiming that it is a public property, the MLC accused the DC of taking
arbitrary decisions. "First of all, he can't review any decisions made in
the district magistrate court. Secondly, he has to call public objections or
have to seek opinion of public prosecutor before conversion of land from
B-kharab (unusable land) to A-kharab, which he has not done."
"There real estate lobby is behind it to usurp the property which needs to
be probed," the BJP leader said. He, however, was evasive when asked to
name those involved. When asked whether district minister S A Ramdas is aware
of it, he accused him of being negligent on the issue.
Meanwhile, deputy CM K S Eshwarappa, who also holds the revenue portfolio, said
that he has convened a high-level meeting, and directed both the DC and the MLC
to attend the same.

BMIC by NICE & land
scams in Karnataka – an appeal to honourable supreme court of India
& H.E.Honourable Governor Of Karnataka

When a crime is noticed
, it is the duty of the government to investigate who did it ? and to legally
prosecute them in court & provide justice . if thousands of criminals
, lakhs of criminals got together & did the same type of crimes , all
of them must be legally prosecuted. Just for the overwhelming numbers of
criminals law of the land cann't be changed. However in the Karnataka
state , many political bigwigs , rich crooks have done the same crime , LAND
GRABBING – illegal possession of government land & illegal constructions
over it. Important land records of those government lands , lands belonging to
poor are lost in record rooms of civic bodies ( cunningly destroyed by corrupt
officials ) Now, their political masters are legalizing the crimes . what a
shame to the government of Karnataka ?

The shri.A.T. RAMA
SWAMY , (M.L.A) standing committee in the Previous legislative assembly
probed the land grabbings in Karnataka & gave it's report to the
government . However the government in a hurry , is auctioning – off
those government lands without proper publicity to the auction
process , sufficient time for bidder's expression of interest. In some cases ,
a pittance is levied as penalty for the illegal occupation to get it legalized.
The government is not bothered about legally prosecuting the illegal
occupier of those lands. In many civic bodies , important property
documents belonging to the government & poor are missing from the
record rooms. All these point towards the government intention , to legalise
the crimes of illegal land occupiers who are nothing but their own
political cronies.

The recent ordinance
by government of Karnataka to regularize land deals is envisaging to legalize
the crimes of rich. The illegal land conversions , land encroachments ,
encroachment of civic amenities made by the rich are being legalized with
levying a pittance as penalty in the name of public welfare . Whereas the land
worth at today's market prices are 10's of thousands of crore it is only wefare
of the rich & mighty . IT IS GOING TO BE MOTHER OF ALL SCAMS. The
authorities evict poor tribal people from their ancestral forest area in the
name of conservation , evict tribal people from villages in the name of
development without proper rehabilitation measures. The government is not
giving land rights to slum dwellers , poor , dalits over the land they are
dwelling , the government is deaf to appeals of dalits for land rights. However
the same government is sympathetic to rich who have encroached land & built
huge commercial complexes worth crores violating all norms with total disregard
to civic amenity or safety.

ILLEGALITIES IN AUCTION OF M/S IDEAL
JAWA LTD MYSORE

During the auction of
above sick industry the land usage was for industrial purpose only. so, people
with other commercial objectives were not allowed to participate in the
auction. Thereby, the final auctioned amount was very much less than the market
value. This has a direct bearing on employees of that industry , lending banks
, govt dept , etc who have all put forward their claims for dues from that
industry. noW, all of them are getting very much less than what is due from the
closed company. A loss of crores of rupees to banks , government , employees
has been made by the cunningness of civic bodies.

Now in a backdoor move the
M.U.D.A , K.I.A.D.B , M.C.C are moving to give land usage conversion to the new
occupier, who is building posh villas & resorts here. Is it right &
justified ? should not they conduct auction once again or charge market value
to the new owner.

LAND MAFIA IN KARNATAKA

The land mafia which
has links with political leadership & top govt servants in the state, is
running business widely in & around bangalore,mysore & other major
towns. The authorities like city corporation , B.D.A, M.U.D.A , K.I.A.D.B , etc
are denotifying the lands meant for public welfare in favour of land mafia. The
authorities have earmarked these lands for public welfare ie parks , schools ,
hospitals at the planning stage itself for current & future needs of the
people. In most cases the land mafia has illegally occupied the lands , built
commercial complexes & sold it for crores of rupees.

1. the authorities are
not demolishing these illegal structures & prosecuting the occupiers.

2. In some cases the
authorities are denotifying , regularizing those illegal occupations by levying
a pittance as penalty which is very much less than the market value.

3. In some cases for
example a notified site for school is alloted to an educational trust. They
build 2 rooms in 25% of the site & state that this is free school meant for
weaker sections. After a year or two , they state before the authority that to
run this school they need funds. So they are planning to build commercial
complexes around the school site & by the rent collected from shops they
will run the school. In this manner sites meant for schools , hospitals ,
temples & other social organisations apply for conversion of land usage
& use major portion of the land for commercial purposes.

Hereby , e-voice
urges the govt of karnataka & other authorities ,

1. to clearly demarcate
the govt lands & announce it boldly to the public.

2. To clearly demarcate
lands meant for public amenities both for current & future usage.

3. To clearly demarcate
lands required for town planning say 20 years down the line.

4. To clearly mention in
such plans the purpose it is reserved for ie parks , hospitals , schools , etc.

5. To impartially act
against illegal occupiers – rich or poor.

6. Say while denotifying
a land meant for school an alternate land for school must be incorporated in
the original plan.

7. Before denotification
public objections must be called for & considered responsibly.

8. After denotification
the land must be sold at the market rate not the govt rate.

9. In case of land usage
conversion also the objections from the public must be called for &
considered responsibly.

10. After land usage
conversion an alternate land must be incorporated in the plan for the original
use.

11. In case of land usage
conversion also the occupier must be charged at the market value.

12. To declare annually
the property details of all officials with denotifying / land usage conversion
authorities together with details of their family member's properties with
provision for public scrutiny, cross checking.

13. To ruthlessly
prosecute the corrupt officials & ministers.

14. To make public the
report of past district magistrate mysore mr. T.M. VIJAYA BHASKAR about illegal
land dealings in & around mysore. Also the action taken report.

ILLEGALITIES IN BANGALORE-MYSORE EXPRESSWAY PROJECT BMIC by
NICE

Different political
parties are trading charges against each other about illegalities in the
mysore-bangalore expressway project. Grave mistakes have been committed by the
previous state governments. The saving grace is judiciary has taken note of it.
The fundamental principle behind land acquisitions by the governments is to use
that acquired lands for public welfare. As the govt acquires the land with this
noble intentions even the land looser contents himself with compensation at
govt rate. Always the govt rate is much below market value. If at all the govt
wants to give out that acquired land to a private party for private use or for
the use of a selected few, the govt must give prevailing market rate to the
land looser. In such cases the govt does not have authority to force the land
owner to sell his property.

In this mysore-bangalore
4 lane expressway project, following inconsistencies are there,

1. this road
is not for free public use, but only for those who pays the toll fees.

2. The
luxurious resorts , townships , etc which are to be built alongside this road
are not open for free public usage but only for the rich who can afford it.

3. The govt
has concluded this deal in a hush-hush manner.

4. Any
disputes raised by this project should be addressed to international arbiter at
london which a poor land owner or general public can ill-afford.

5. The govt
has not paid the prevailing market value to the land loosers.

6. The govt
has not given the option to land owners not to sell their property.

7.
This whole project is for rich , built by the rich for the rich & not meant
for public welfare.

The govt must give back
the lands to the owners who wants it back & must pay the market value to
those willing to sell. As this project is built by wealthy people for wealthy
people why cann't they cough- up market value?

CRIMES BY BANGALORE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ( B.D.A)

AGAINST A POOR WOWAN

The B.D.A flouts it's
own rules & spreads red carpet for big land developers & land grabbers.
B.D.A posting is a huge money spinner for corrupt officials. The corrupt B.D.A
officials work hand in glove with criminal elements & rowdies. They
illegally evict genuine allottees who are poor & without any connections
from allotted prime lands & sell-off those prime land to the highest bidder
of bribe. The poor fellow is re-alloted lands in backward areas & in some
cases left in the lurch.

Now , take the
following case. Mr. S.D. chandrashekaraiah a poor old man aged around 80 years
was allotted with house no.185, kumaraswamy lay-out, first block, bangalore in
1978 vide letter no.

310/267/BDA/ADM/KMRSL(H)/78-79
dt 11/08/1978.

The chairman of B.D.A
has allotted the built house on lease cum sale basis. The poor old man mr.
S.D.chandrashekaraiah complied with all the rules & in accordance with it
even deposited 25% of the house cost in B.D.A'S account. However when he went
over to his allotted house for residing in it, he found out some rowdy elements
were already residing there. He complained about this matter to the legal owner
of the house ie B.D.A . the B.D.A officials didn't take steps to evict the
illegal encroachers nor did they make any complaint to the police. His appeals
to B.D.A, chief minister of karnataka , etc fell on deaf ears. Hurt by this
gross injustice & mounting financial burdens the poor old man died.

Subsequently, the poor
man's daughter smt. Nagalakshmi who was also very poor , appealed to the B.D.A
authorities once again , to evict illegal encroachers from her father's
allotted house. This time the corrupt B.D.A officials played a different game.
They showed her a vacant house, gave her oral instructions to live in that
vacant house & told her that they will regularise it in due course. The
hapless poor woman took huge loans & repaired the house fit for
occupation. Just before she was to occupy that house , corrupt B.D.A
officials once again planted rowdy elements in that house. Once again the poor
woman was cheated. She lost her house, on top of it her loan burden mounted.

Till date, that poor
woman is suffering from these gross injustices of B.D.A . SHAMELESS B.D.A
OFFICIALS who take thousands of rupees salary & perks every month, all at
the expense of tax-payer has not even cared to rectify the injustice. Thereby,
they are violating the poor woman's fundamental & human rights.

After
exposing alleged encroachment of large areas of land in Survey No. 4 of
Kurubarahalli in Mysore, BJP MLC G. Madhusudhan has come up with another
exposure of about 15,000 acres of forest land encroachment in Chamarajanagar
District. These lands were encroached by private parties owing to an order
passed by a former Deputy Commissioner.

This was disclosed by MLC G. Madhusudan at a press meet at Pathrakarthara
Bhavan here today.

Elaborating on the issue, Madhusudan said “The 15,000 acres of land covers
Survey No. 1 in Palya Hobli of Kollegal taluk and Survey No. 174 in
Shivanasamudra forest area in Chamarajanagar district. In fact, Kollegal
Assistant Commissioner, in an order passed through the DC Court on Dec. 13,
2011, had reiterated that the said area was a government forest land. However the
then DC M.V. Savithri bowing to the pressure of a few vested interests had
issued an order on July 8 stating that the said land was not a government
property which subsequently let in many private parties to encroach upon the
land threatening the rich flora and fauna of the forest region.

Continuing, Madhusudan said that any such important order should have come from
the High Court. Hence he urged the government to initiate a CBI inquiry into
the case by cancelling the former DC’s order and booking her for criminal
offence.

Expressing apprehension that the forest land would become a haven for land
mafia, he alleged that former Senior Police officials, rich industrialists and
influential politicians were involved in the deal. He, however, did not mention
names.

Madhusudan said that he would submit a detailed letter to the Chief Minister
enclosing the relevant documents to initiate immediate action.

Referring to the scam of land at the foot of Chamundi Hill, Madhusudan said
that he was happy that a departmental enquiry would begin soon on the former
Deputy Commissioner Vastrad who was involved in the issue.

BDA a den of corruption: T B Jayachandra

Author: ‘BDA a Den of Corruption’

Published Date: Jul 28, 2012 8:48 AM

Last Updated: Jul 28, 2012 8:48 AM

Bangalore
Development Authority (BDA) has become a den of corruption and the government
needs to take steps to check large scale irregularities in the authority, said
Deputy Leader of Congress in the Assembly T B Jayachandra.

Speaking
on the demands on departments in the Assembly, the Congress leader on Friday
urged the government to constitute a House Committee to look into the
irregularities.

“The
BDA has unlawfully de-notified hundreds of acres of land to help builders to
form private layouts.

It
is a big business involving hundreds of crore of rupees,” he alleged.

He
added that many people whose lands were acquired for developing layouts were made
to run from pillar to post to get compensation.

“Many
allottees have to run around seeking alternate site as in many instances after
allotting sites to people the BDA de-notifies land,” he said.

Jayachandra
said that during a recent visit to BDA’s Arkavathy layout, he found a big
building in the land meant for developing a park.

“It
is a 10-year-old project.

Now
all that has come up there are buildings in the site meant for park and an IAS
Officers House Building Cooperative Society.

BDA
has allotted sites in bulk to the society.

Why
is BDA selectively helping officers and not common people?” he questioned.

Jayachandra
said that former chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda had assured the House of
ordering a probe by Corps of Detectives (CoD).

“Why
the CoD inquiry was not ordered? Is the government trying to protect the
corrupt? Everyone knows no work can be done in BDA without paying bribe,” he
added.

According
to him, will get `2 lakh crore if it regularises the illegal BDA layouts.

“Many
real estate agents are entering into politics and want to contest elections.

This
is a big lobby and they can spend crores.

It
is a scary trend and we need to stop it,” he added.

‘CCTV cameras in BDA are covered with cow dung’

The government will cancel
alternative land and sites allotted by the Bangalore Development Authority
(BDA) in “prestigious extensions” in lieu of private land acquired for the
development of Sir. M. Visvesvaraya, Kempe Gowda, Jnanabharathi and
Banashankari extensions.

Making an announcement in this
regard in the Legislative Assembly, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah promised to
order a probe into alleged violation of norms and irregularities committed by
BDA and punish the guilty.

Responding to a calling attention
notice moved by S.T. Somashekar, K.N. Rajanna and K. Shadakshari of the
Congress, Mr. Siddaramaiah admitted that there were illegalities and
irregularities in allocation of sites and land for the land acquired in BDA.

The government would order a probe
into the scam and action would be initiated against those involved in it. He
would direct the senior officials to inquire into the misuse of incentive
scheme of allotting land for land losers. Irregularities in revenue land scam
would also be probed and all allotments made under this category would be
cancelled forthwith, Mr. Siddaramaiah said.

Detailing the allotment made by BDA
since 2008, Mr. Siddaramaiah said that 3,314 sites had been allotted under the
categories of alternative sites, incentive schemes, land to land and revenue
sites. “The government will not spare anybody who has misused the schemes in
connivance with the officials”, he said.

Initiating the debate, Mr.
Somashekar alleged that BDA had flouted norms while allotting sites and land
for acquisition of land without notification.

“BDA officials used the scheme to
their convenience, which are meant for helping the poor farmers and land
owners”, he lamented.

Accusing BDA of generously giving
sites and land to GPA holders in posh localities, Mr. Rajanna, alleged that the
authority had not followed guidelines and officials allotted sites and land at
their whims and fancies. “The close circuit cameras installed in BDA are being
covered with cow dung to gloss the murky dealings. It is scam worth Rs. 1,000
crore and needs comprehensive investigation”, he said.

Violation of order

Pointing at the violation of Mr.
Siddaramaiah’s order, Mr. Rajanna said that, through the Chief Minister issued
order against allotting sites and land under the category on July 11, BDA
allotted six sites on the same evening and issued possession certificates on
July 13. This clearly exhibits the uncanny knack of BDA officials to circumvent
the directions of the Chief Minister and shows that BDA was above government,
he observed.

Reclaim 308 G category sites, says Padmaraj panel

BANGALORE: In a big blow to
allottees of G category sites, the Justice B Padmaraj Committee recommended to
the state government it cancel and reclaim 308 sites allotted under the chief
minister's discretionary quota. These sites in prime localities were allotted
between 2004 and 2011.

Three beneficiaries, who have
already constructed houses, have been asked to cough up twice the current
market price of the sites if they want to retain them.

The panel has reserved its decision
on two sites allotted to former CM DV Sadananda Gowda and BJP MLA DN Jeevaraj
as their cases are pending before the Supreme Court.

In Mysore on Saturday, chief
minister Siddaramaiah said he would study the report and take necessary action.

Based on a petition filed in 2010 by
advocate Vasudev Murthy, the Karnataka High Court directed the state government
to form a committee to look into the matter and submit a report. Accordingly,
the government constituted the Justice B Padmaraj Committee. By then, many
allottees who bagged these prime sites worth crores of rupees had sold their
plots in the open market for 10 times that amount.

Though the panel submitted its
report on August 26, 2013, the government has dithered taking action. Though
the issue was part of the agenda in cabinet meetings, it was kept aside
reportedly under pressure from the beneficiaries.

There are even allegations of
beneficiaries influencing chief minister Siddaramaiah to bring an amendment to
the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) Act, 1976 so that they can hold on to
their sites.

According to BDA rules, a person who
owns a site or a house in Bangalore is not eligible for allotment under the G
category. But, the majority of beneficiaries owned a site or house in the city.
The committee report has pointed out that persons who gave a false declaration
on this count should forfeit their sites.

Rule 5 of BDA (Allotment of Sites)
Rules, 1984, lays out various categories under which it can dispose of stray
sites. There are seven categories: A (via auction), B (for sportspersons), C
(for those who excel in arts, science, literature, education, medicine and public
administration), D (for ex-servicemen); F (for dependents of government
servants who die in the line of duty) and G (for persons in public life as may
be directed by the government). While A, B C, D, E & F category sites are
allotted on the recommendation of a BA sub-committee, G category site
allotments are the prerogative and discretion of the chief minister.

Who is eligible

* Domiciled in Karnataka for not
less than 10 years

* Neither allottee nor family should
own a site or house in Bangalore metropolitan area

* Allottee or family should not have
been allotted a site or house by the BDA, or any other authority within
Bangalore metropolitan area. Allottee has to submit affidavit to this effect

Former
chairmen of Mandya Urban Development Authority (MUDA) are in a state of panic
as the Urban Development Department has sent a proposal to the Home Department
seeking a CBI probe into illegal financial transactions and distribution
of sites.

Ten
days ago, the Urban Development Department had sent a letter to the Home
Department seeking it to hand over the investigation of the irregularities in
MUDA and Ramanagaram-Channapatana Urban Development Authority to the Central
Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

The
Police Department has already submitted the preliminary report to the court.

As
money was invested in foreign banks, huge irregularities had taken place in the
site allotment.

Urban
Development Minister Vinay Kumar Sorake had provided details of the
irregularities to the Home Ministry and requested them to hand over the case to
the CBI.

In
1998, the then irrigation minister K N Nagegowda had closed a lake (432 acres,
10 guntas) belonging to the department and handed over 232 acres and 10 guntas
to MUDA and 200 acres to the Housing Board for construction of houses for the
poor and middle classes.

The
then MUDA chairman P M Somashekar took a loan of `5 crore from State Bank of
Mysore, Mandya branch, and through a contractor from Andhra Pradesh developed
Vivekananda Nagar layout with 2,600 sites in the 232 acres.

Later,
when Asadulla Khan was MUDA chairman, 2,200 sites were distributed through
lots.

When
Hansiyabanu was MUDA chairman, under the ‘Nimma Aayke’ scheme, 200 sites were
distributed.

During
the BJP government, MUDA chairman Vidya Nagendra had distributed 107 sites even
be fore the final date for the submission of applications.

This
illegal distribution of sites was also discussed at the Vidhana Soudha.

Advocate
T S Satyananda had lodged a case against three members of the Legislative Assembly
and several others in the Mandya Lokayukta Special Court for illegal
distribution of sites. The government had directed the authorities to withhold
the distribution.

Recently,
financial irregularities of Rs 5 crore in MUDA and Rs 16.90 crore by the
Ramanagaram-Channapatna Urban Development Authority have come to light.

The
local police investigated the case and filed a chargesheet.

The
minister said: “We have sent a proposal to hand over the case to the CBI. In a
few days, with the CM’s approval, the case will be handed over.”

Probe panel yet to scratch surface of MUDA ‘irregularities’

It’s been a month since a high-level
committee was formed to probe allegations of irregularities in land acquired by
Mangalore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) for Chelyar Layout. It is
operational only on paper.

The grandiose plan of MUDA to form a
layout and distribute sites to applicants at Chelyar and Madya villages near
Surathkal comes at a cost: Rs. 75,000 monthly outgo to service a Rs. 12 crore
loan taken for it.

In an order sent by the Urban
Development Department, on August 5, a committee was to deliver a report on the
legality of the project within 15 days. The committee is headed by Regional
Commissioner (Mysore) M.V. Jayanthi, with Deputy Commissioner N. Prakash and
Deputy Director of Land Records B.K. Kusumadhara as members.

After allegations that the price
paid for the land in 2008 was too high and favourable to private players,
Minister for Urban Development Vinay Kumar Sorake promised a probe in June.

The project envisaged buying 200
acres of private land at an agreed rate of Rs. 25,500 a cent. After the
approval of the erstwhile BJP-led government, nearly 73 acres of land had been
bought.

‘Unscientific project’

While most MUDA officials who talked
to The Hindu claimed to have been transferred to the Authority only
after site formation, one senior official said: “The entire project was
approved by the State government. And so, in this respect, the papers are
clean. However, there is a need to ask why the ambitious layout was formed when
the Authority was reeling under debt.” Already burdened with a Rs. 4 crore
loan, in 2008, MUDA took an additional Rs. 12 crore.

Many officials view the inquiry as a
political witch-hunt: aimed at the now-out-of-power party, rather than the
Authority itself.

‘Report
soon’

With not one meeting called so far,
Mr. Kusumadhara said there was little clarity on the scope of inquiry.

However, the Deputy Commissioner
said, “We only have to clear the suspicions. We will collect the required
documents, and present it before the Regional Commissioner during her visit on
September 12.”

MUDA employees booked for forgery,
cheating

MYSORE: Mysore Urban Development
Authorities (MUDA) have filed a police complaint against one P Nagaraj son of
Puttaswamygowda and two employees of MUDA staff who supported the accused in
creating fake documents at Lakshmipuram police station.

MUDA commissioner C G Betsurmath
said a site in Gokulam III stage was allotted to one M K Ranganayaki in 1973
through auction and she had obtained title deed in 2002. But in the meantime,
the accused Nagaraj has created fake documents about the site and made the
authorities believe that he had purchased the said land in 1979 in an auction.
Later he has taken title deed for it and then sold it to another party.

But the crime has come to light
after the actual owner approached the authorities only recently. When the
documents were verified, MUDA authorities found that site number has been
forged from 37 to 73.

The commissioner said the title deed
of the said site obtained by Nagaraj has been cancelled and we are
investigating on this score.

Krishnaraja subdivision ACP A N
Prakashgowd said MUDA has given against three persons and we are investigating
it.

Bangalore: Attempting to clear the
air on speculations regarding the alleged multi-crore bogus bill scam in three
assembly constituencies, Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force (BMTF) inspector
general of police RP Sharma said the investigation will not be restricted to
Rajarajeshwarinagar, Gandhinagar and Malleswaram constituencies. The probe will
also include other areas, he clarified.

Speaking at the BBMP head office on
Wednesday, Sharma said even though the FIR filed on November 4 by the
additional commissioner (administration) pertains to only three constituencies,
sleuths will look into other areas if necessary. "The C(TVCC) had
mentioned only three constituencies in its report pertaining to irregularities
from 2008 to 2011. The FIR was only an instrument to take up investigation, but
it does not restrict us from taking up the investigation in other areas,"
he said.

Town planners' help to be sought

He said even though there is a delay
in filing a case, BMTF is trying to clear all hurdles and expose those involved
in the scam. The BMTF has seized 153 files pertaining to the irregularities
from the three constituencies. Eleven persons and TVCC officials were
interrogated and 153 files verified by sleuths in 20 days, Sharma said.

Reacting to a question raised on
BMTF's ability to investigate financial crimes and demand to hand over the
probe to the Lokayukta, Sharma said the sleuths would seek help from town
planners. Currently, there are only two town planners of the 15 sanctioned
posts. The investigation team will also include a superintendent of police,
deputy superintendent of police (who will join the team shortly), two
inspectors, four sub-inspectors and 15 head constables. A fair and impartial
investigation would be conducted by the investigation team, he assured.

"We can ascertain the quantum
of money that is involved in the scam only after the investigation,"
Sharma said.

BBMP commissioner Siddaiah entrusted
the BMTF to carry out inquiry into the `1,539 crore scam after it was unearthed
by the TVCC. The BMTF is an autonomous agency under the state government. It is
alleged that bills were sanctioned even though works were not completed in the
three assembly constituencies. The irregularities took place during the
administrative period when BBMP remained without people's representation. With
no corporators, MLAs looked after project works in the wards. The elections to
BBMP were held in 2010 after a gap of three years.

Last Friday, leaders of the ruling
and opposition parties and civic officials participated in a two-hour meeting
called by BBMP mayor R Shardamma to discuss the probe. It was decided to set up
a house committee, consisting of five ruling party corporators, two from the
opposition and two officials, to investigate the scam, before BMTF took up the
case. The move was seen as a delaying tactic by the ruling party in the BBMP
council.RK Sharma, IGP, Bangalore
Metropolitan Task Force, after a press conference at Bruhat Bangalore
Mahanagara Palike headquarters on Wednesday.

Bangalore: BMTF Registers FIR Against Suresh Kumar,
Krishnaiah Setty

The Bangalore Metropolitan Task
Force has registered an FIR against Minister for Urban Development Suresh
Kumar, former Housing Minister M Krishnaiah Setty and senior IAS officer V P
Baligar for allegedly returning four acres 20 guntas of land, which was
acquired by the government under the Karnataka Urban Land Ceiling Act to
construct houses for the slum dwellers at Laggere, to the original owner.

The case was lodged based on a
complaint by Dinesh Kallalli, a social worker, who stated that Kumar, in his
capacity as Urban Development Minister, granted permission to return the land
to the original owner, while then Housing Minister Krishnaiah Setty halted the
process of constructing houses for the urban poor.

The BMTF has registered a case against the trio under Sections 13 (1) and 13
(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and Section 157 of the CrPC on
Saturday. Kallalli told Deccan Herald that in 1982, the government acquired 4.2
acres of excess land in survey number 19/2, which belonged to K Gopinath to
build houses for the financially weaker and downtrodden people. In 2003, the
Karnataka Slum Development Board (KSDB) started the process of constructing
houses.

When the process reached the stage of inviting tenders, the Yeddyurappa
government took the decision to return the land to the original owner.

It is learnt that under the
Karnataka Urban Land Ceiling Act, no one can hold more than 59 acres of land
and the excess land should be confiscated. Gopinath had reportedly possessed
4.2 acres in excess, which the government took it in its custody in 1982. Once
the land is in government’s custody, it cannot be returned to its original
owner, although the government has the power to allot it to other individuals.

Kallalli alleged that the decision was taken to help Gopinath, who is the
brother of senior RSS functionary K Narahari. He claimed that the KSDB had
objected to the decision, reminding that it was not only illegal, but would
also affect the weaker sections of the society. The board also said that the
tender process was almost over.

However, the government set aside the objections of the KSDB and the tender
process to construct houses. When contacted, Kumar said he had no information
about the case since he was away in Bellary. He said he would find out once he
returned to Bangalore.

A few months ago, Kumar had tendered his resignation after it was alleged that
his family was the beneficiary of a ‘G’ category site. However, the chief
minister refused to accept the resignation as no substance was found in the
allegation.

Setty, who was in jail over a land
denotification case, is out on bail. Baligar is the Managing Director of
Housing Urban Development Company (HUDCO) in New Delhi.

When contacted Dr R P Sharma, Additional Director General of Police, BMTF was
not available for comments.

Mysore, Jan. 8- With the land value
in city shooting to the skies, the land mafia continues to encroach upon vacant
government lands through dubious means. Despite the land-grabbers encroaching
upon the government lands and building multi-storey buildings upon them, the
Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) and Mysore City Corporation (MCC)
authorities are sitting tongue-tied and hands tied, which has further
emboldened the land grabbers who are hand in glove with some unscrupulous
officials to create fake records.

It has come to light of late that
fake documents were created for two MUDA sites in Chikkaharadanahalli
(Aravindanagar) First Stage at Chamaraja Mohalla, on which a four-storey
building with 12 apartments have been constructed and all of them are occupied
now.

The alleged fraud came to light
after an RTI activist B.N. Nagendra, resident of Yadavagiri in city, sought
information about the building from the MUDA.

The two sites measuring 50x80 ft in
Aravindanagar are close to Kuvempunagar. MUDA had formed the layout during
1988-89. At that time, Sites No. 700 and 701 in Chikkaharadanahalli First Stage
were not allotted to anyone.

In reply to the Nagendra’s query
under the RTI provisions, the MUDA Public Information Officer replied that MUDA
had no records or documents to say that the said two sites were not allotted to
anyone.

The sites were formed during 1988-89
and the building on it is eight years old. So, does it mean that the MUDA
authorities were blind to the encroachment all these years? Or, is it that they
are not aware that the sites belong to the MUDA? Or, does it imply that they
are involved with the land-grabber?

The MUDA does not have records of
allotment, possession certificate, sale deed, Khata-revenue letter or receipts
for cash transactions made. However, the City Improvement Trust Board (CITB)
ledger shows the names of Chikkathayamma, resident of No. 818, New Kantharaj
Urs Road, Mysore, along with Mahadevamma, Lakshmi and N. Shivakumar, residents
of No. 555 of the same address, written by hand. The ledger shows that the two
sites were purchased for a mere sum of Rs. 39,366 on April 4, 1988; the Khata
and revenue have been fixed based on this document alone. The building was
constructed by getting the building plan approved in the names of Mahadevamma
and Chikkathayamma. The four-storied building is named as Shashank Paradise.

The site and building was inspected
this morning by MUDA Superintending Engineer Shivakumar, Zonal Officer of
Zone-1 Bhaskar and other MUDA officials. The 12 families residing in the flats
are now an anxious lot after realising that they have been cheated and they do
not possess relevant documents for the flats they purchased.

Some of the residents of the
building whom SOM spoke to said that they had purchased the apartments based on
sale agreements and paid Rs. 25 to Rs. 35 lakhs in advance. They confessed that
the low prices lured them to buy the apartments as the actual price in that
area was much higher. Each apartment has a master-bedroom, another smaller
room, a living room, puja room, kitchen and a toilet.

Meanwhile, MUDA Commissioner S.
Palaiah told SOM that he will investigate the matter and take suitable action.

Muda Land
Encroachment: Criminal Case Booked against Housing Society President

Mysore, Sept. 20- In
view of the allegation of encroaching 27 guntas of MUDA land close to
Vijayanagar 2nd Stage, the Vijayanagar Police have booked a case against the
President of Sri Mahadeshwara House Construction Co-operative Society, R.
Shankare Gowda.

A written complaint filed by MUDA Zone 4 Zonal Officer R. Rajashekhar
yesterday, following which a case was registered by Sub-Inspector Kumar.

The land is a portion of the land under survey number 120 in Hinkal, measuring
3.25 acres. Out of this, 1.16 acres of land was acquired on June 20, 1974 under
LAC 10. Remaining 2.09 acres was acquired by MUDA from one Puttathayamma
through mutual agreement on Oct. 31, 1985.

A 1.14 acre land was given to the Karnataka Water Board where a road and park
have been developed. The remaining area lies vacant, of which Shankare Gowda
allegedly created fake documents to stake claim on 23 guntas of land in the
name of the Housing Society.

RTI activist B.N. Nagendra had sought information about the said land under the
Right to Information (RTI) Act which brought to light the alleged irregularity.

Response to MLA Vasu’s letter: Chamarajanagar MLA Vasu had written a letter to
Urban Development Minister Vinay Kumar Sorake, urging him to probe the
irregularities in sites allotment, suspecting the involvement of some MUDA
officials.

The Minister directed the Urban Development Department Secretary to probe the
matter, who in turn asked the MUDA Commissioner to submit a report regarding
the allegations. A directive was issued to the DC too to probe the matter,
following which a complaint was lodged against the Housing Society President.

With the real estate
prices in city skyrocketing, efforts to usurp sites and government land by hook
or by crook are on too, despite several precautionary measures taken up by the
MUDA.

Here is an incident of a person trying to acquire a corner site in
Jayalakshmipuram, measuring 110x120 ft, by not paying a single paisa to MUDA
but by merely paying Rs. 27,540 in an auction. The matter came to light when a
citizen named B.N. Nagendra applied for information under the Right To
Information (RTI) Act. It is said that he took interest in digging out
information about the site after an acquaintance of his disclosed about the
fraudulent deal.

Thanks to the efforts of MUDA Secretary Basavaraju who made meticulous
investigations of the documents, the MUDA property worth several crores was
saved from being usurped.

The site is in Jayalakshmipuram, which was formed about 40 years ago. It is a
corner site off the road leading to The Green Hotel on Hunsur road. The site
bears the number 23/A, having site number 23 towards the east, another site on
the north and roads on the western and southern sides.

The fraud was committed by Raju, 60, a resident of Paduvarahalli 2nd Main, Door
No. 54. He is said to have forged the signature of MUDA Zone 4 Special
Tahasildar Devaraj and also used a duplicate rubber stamp for the fake
documents.

The truth is that no auction was held for site no. 23/A. However, the accused
Raju is said to have created fake documents that claimed that he had purchased
the site in an auction for Rs. 27,540 on Jan. 3, 1979. A title-deed for the
site was prepared at Zone 4 office under Form-2 (5) in Kannada dated Jan.2,
2013.

The site, for which fake documents were prepared in January, was registered
three months later — that is on Mar. 22, 2013, at 4.30 pm, at the
Sub-Registrar’s office in MUDA. It is said that the letter written by Special Tahasildar
Devaraj to the Sub-Registrar to get the site registered was also forged.

Soon after the fraudulent deal came to the fore, MUDA Secretary Basavaraju
placed a signboard at the site four days ago, stating that the land belonged to
the MUDA. A complaint was lodged at the Lakshmipuram Police Station yesterday.

It is surprising that the title-deed for the site was prepared despite any
auction conducted by the MUDA, no application submitted, no notes written by
the officials concerned and no entry made about cash payment. The Police have
launched a hunt for the accused who is at large.

MUDA employees booked for forgery, cheating

Mysore Urban Development
Authorities (MUDA) have filed a police complaint against one P Nagaraj son of Puttaswamygowda and two employees
of MUDA staff who supported the accused in
creating fake documents at Lakshmipuram police station.

MUDA commissioner C G
Betsurmath said a site in Gokulam III stage was allotted to one M K Ranganayaki
in 1973 through auction and she had obtained title deed in 2002. But in the
meantime, the accused Nagaraj has created fake documents about the site and
made the authorities believe that he had purchased the said land in 1979 in an
auction. Later he has taken title deed for it and then sold it to another
party.

But the crime has come
to light after the actual owner approached the authorities only recently. When
the documents were verified, MUDA authorities found that site number has been
forged from 37 to 73.

The commissioner said
the title deed of the said site obtained by Nagaraj has been cancelled and we
are investigating on this score.

Krishnaraja
subdivision ACP A N Prakashgowd said MUDA has given against three persons and
we are investigating it.

Fraudster sells government land, dupes MUDA

The Mysore City
Corporation almost lost a huge site because of the negligence of the Mysore
Urban Development Authority (MUDA) before the fraud was discovered in the nick
of time.

The accused Krishna
had forged documents of 1.13 acres in Survey No 505 in Kesare village and sold
it to one Parveez who started constructing a building when it was stopped by
MCC officials. The accused had even got an NoC to sell the land from MUDA,
which did not bother to find out the real owner.

Krishna is said to be
a relative of the man to whom the land originally belonged before it was
acquired by the erstwhile City Improvement Trust Board (CITB) for civic
purposes about 58 years ago.

Finding the land
vacant for many decades, the accused created fake documents and tried to sell
it.

Sources in the MCC
said that after obtaining information through RTI about the land, Krishna,
along with his relative Chennaiah, obtained an NoC from MUDA and got the Khata
made for the land from the taluk office by producing fake documents.

The property was
registered in Krishna’s name in 2009.

Krishna then sold the
illegal property to Parveez in 2011-12. After realising that he had been
cheated, Parveez filed a suit in court, getting a permanent injunction
restraining the defendant from interfering with his peaceful possession of the
property.

Revenue Assistant
Commissioner R Lokanath said that when he inspected the place, he found that
Parveez had occupied the land and even fenced the property that belonged to the
Corporation. Upon questioning, he produced the clearances obtained from MUDA,
Taluk office and even the court.

After being alerted,
MCC officials registered a land grab-cum-cheating complaint against Krishna and
Parveez. They have even approached court and the case is pending.

THE CLOUT OF LAND MAFIA IN INDIA
-the governments daring to by-pass judiciary

An appeal ( PIL ) to the honourable
supreme court of India

The recent attempts by
government of India & other state governments to legalise land grabbings by
enacting new land laws in the name of public welfare is farce . while crores of
people are without shelter & are living on streets , people in slums ,
tribal lands are struggling for land rights since decades the governments were
mum & deaf. Now , as the rulers themselves & their cronies have built
illegal constructions running into crores they are shedding crocodile tears in
the name of public welfare. In india, various state governments have enacted
" town municipal / city corporation laws & building laws" , to
ensure orderly growth of cities & towns , to ensure the safety of buildings
& it's occupants , to ensure the safety of pedestrians & road users.

corporation officials are
not making alternate
arrangements. By all these corrupt deeds many of the corporation officilas have
become millionaires . however more & more road accidents are taking place ,
building collapses & fire tragedies are occurring , during heavy rainfalls
water is getting clogged – ALL THESE RESULTING IN LOSS OF HUMAN LIVE &
PROPERTIES. In recent days numerous murders have taken place over the real
estate issues . THE CRIMINAL LAND GRABBERS MADE DEATH THREATS & FORCED THE
PIL APPLICANT IN THE KARNATAKA HIGH COURT ABOUT LAND GRABBINGS IN KORAMANGALA
LAYOUT BANGALORE. The government of karnataka instead of protecting the PIL
applicant & upholding the law has taken sides with the land grabbers.

The state governments of
karnataka & delhi has got M.L.As & officials who have themselves
violated building laws & grabbed govt lands. Now , the two govts are
contemplating to bring in laws regularising these land grabbing crimes for a
pittance as penalty. All to by-pass judiciary. The governments are least
bothered about the lives of poor & only too caring towards the land
grabbing criminals. The same governments have not yet given land rights
to poor slum dwellers / dalits , land rights to tribals living in forest since
centuries , land rights to poor agricultural labourers, where as it is full of
concern towards rich & mighty land grabbers – criminals. Bottom line
– whatever be the magnitude of crime if you are rich & mighty law will be
bended to suit you , by bad luck if you are a poor folk you are bound to suffer
being on the right side of law also. Hereby , e-voice urges requests
the honourable supreme court of india , to register this as a PIL , to provide
protection to the PIL applicant in bangalore & to take appropriate actions
against the GOK & GOD nipping at bud their illegal motives to regularise
land grabbings.

Instead of
answering our RTI questions , the officials
are giving half truths , vague answers to our questions
, some of the serious questions they are not answering at all. Even
Mr. P. Manivannan past deputy commissioner of Mysore District & Chairman of
MUDA , failed to uphold justice . He threatened me for asking truth , but he
didn’t answer the RTI questions. Through media management he has
cultivated a clean public image of demolishing man of illegal structures
, whereas during his time only some illegal structures were raised.

Due to Criminal nexus
of Some MUDA officials – Politicians – Police , these illegal land
grabbings are happening , the honest among MUDA , POLICE &
Politicians must raise to the occasion . They must save government land ,
first of all ask MUDA Chairman / commissioner to answer the above
RTI Questionnaire publicly.

Hereby , e-voice urges
the concerned authorities , to answer the following questionnaire
about BMIC project by NICE

Hereby ,e-voice
appeals to honourable supreme court of India , to annul the bid process of
government of Karnataka with respect to illegally occupied government lands
& to annul this ordinance of government of Karnataka which seeks to
legalize land crimes. Jai hind . vande mataram.

Your's sincerely,

Nagaraja.M.R.

CID to probe Rs 6,697 crore KIADB denotification scam

Lokayukta directs the agency to
submit a report within July 30

Irregularities to the tune of Rs 6,697 crore in land acquisition and compensation
by the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) between 2006 and
2011 - the span of the BJP government - will be investigated by the CID. The
land involved is a whopping 26,674 acres.

A petitioner, Jayakumar Hiremath, filed a complaint with the Lokayukta last
August following a directive from the Karnataka High Court. He had sought a CBI
probe into the issue.

"The matter is now referred for a CID probe," Hiremath told Bangalore
Mirror. "I welcome this. As the deadline is set now, it has set the ball
rolling into the probe."

In an order dated 29 May 2014, A C Vidhyadhar, additional registrar of
enquiries (ARE), Karnataka Lokayukta, has referred it to the CID with a July 30
deadline to submit a report on the case. ''Honourable Lokayukta has taken up
the matter for investigation and requisitioned your services under section 15
(3) of Karnataka Lokayukta Act for a further investigation and report.

In this context, I would like to bring to your notice that under sec 15 (3) of
Karnataka Lokayukta Act, the Honourable Lokayukta and Upa Lokayukta can avail
the services of any agency for the purpose of investigation. As the matter
pertained to economic offences, the Honourable Lokayukta has felt it is
necessary to utilize your services for investigation," says the
communication sent by the Lokayukta to the CID, a copy of which is with
Bangalore Mirror.

BANGALORE: Strongly observing that
KIADB (Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board) has failed to ensure the
benefits of land acquisition reached the targeted groups, including farmers as
envisaged in its schemes, the Karnataka high court has directed the managing
director (MD) of the board to appear before court on Friday.

A division bench headed by Justice K L Manjunath gave an oral direction to this
effect while hearing a writ appeal filed by two persons whose lands were
acquired in 1996 for setting up a sugar factory at Kaliganahalli and Hattna
villages of Bellur hobli, Nagamangala taluk in Mandya district.

The bench also noted that the board has not been able to justify the
acquisition as despite lapse of many years as the projects do not start within
the stipulated time and other allied conditions like providing jobs to land
losers etc are not implemented.

Extension withdrawn

Meanwhile in a related development, a memo has been filed in court stating that
two year extension granted in favour of M/s Prem Sugar and Chemicals
Corporation Ltd for setting up 5,000 TCD sugar factory with 32 MW co-generation
plant has been withdrawn on the ground that the company had misrepresented that
there are no cases pending before court.

This order came to be issued after the division bench pulled up the authorities
and even warned of contempt proceedings after it was stated that two year
extension was granted to M/s Prem Sugar and Chemicals Corporation Limited
during the pendency of proceedings before the court.

As per the terms of allotment of 86 acres of acquired land, M/s Prem Sugar and
Chemicals Corporation Ltd should have operationalized its unit within 36 months
from 1996, by 2000.

Though the company got this period extended through a court order and the Board
twice on its own extended the deadline, the company has not even laid a
foundation stone for its project despite passage of 16 years after allotment,
the court had noted earlier.

CAG Finds Lapses in PWD, KIADB Works

The Comptroller and Auditor General
(CAG) of India has come down heavily on the Public Works Department and the
Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) for causing losses worth
crores of rupees to the exchequer. The KIADB alone caused losses to the tune of
Rs.104 crore, it said.

The PWD had implemented road works
in its Magadi sub-division in a fraudulent manner and the KIADB allotted land
to three industrial units at Narasapura Industrial Area in violation of rules,
it said.

The report was tabled in both houses
of the state legislature on Wednesday. It pointed out serious lapses by the
chief engineer, superintending engineer and executive engineer in implementing
works worth Rs.250.62 crore in Magadi sub-division in Ramanagaram district
during 2011-12.

“There was a total lack of
monitoring and supervision by higher authorities during the course of execution
of works although the SE/CE were required to regularly monitor and supervise
these works. Quality control reports were not available for any of the works
claimed to have been executed,” the CAG stated.

The Internal Finance Advisor and
secretary also failed to correlate monthly expenditure statements received from
subordinate officers with details of works in progress. “The CE allocated
grants to the extent of Rs.212.13 crore without prioritising works according to
prescribed procedures and did not submit any budget estimates to the
government,” the report said, indicting the department officials.

Total grants of Rs.250 crore were
allotted for the Magadi sub-division — 27 times the average grants released
over the past three years.

The grants were allotted irregularly
by the Internal Financial Advisor and the CE, SE without obtaining a list of
works. Fraudulent payments of Rs.1.70 crore were made preparing fake bills, it
said.

The entire work was split into 1,311
small works with each estimate below Rs.20 lakh to avoid competitive bidding.
In 189 cases, more than one estimate was prepared for the same work leading to
fictitious estimates. Surprisingly, 891 of the 1,311 contracts were awarded to
just 3 contractors without even collecting the EMD and performance security, it
said.

Check measurements were done on a
single day by the department officials in 25 to 85 works and bills were paid
without obtaining quality control test reports.

It said surprise checks were not
undertaken by superior officers.

The inspection team constituted by
the department had observed irregularities and recommended recovery of the
amount from the contractors as works were neither executed nor identifiable
during physical verification.

KIADB Land Fiasco

The CAG report on Karnataka
Industrial Areas Development Board’s allotment of plots at Narasapura
Industrial Area at a subsidised rate has exposed the loss of Rs.104 crore to
the exchequer.

While the government had approved
the allotment of undeveloped land, KIADB allotted 128 acres of well developed
plots for three industrial units at a concessional rate, thus resulting in a
loss of Rs.104 cr. KIADB had incurred an expenditure of Rs.1.10 cr for
developing each acre of land.

Fresh panel to probe into irregularities in site allotment
by Shimoga Urban Development Authority

The meeting of Shimoga Urban
Development Authority (SUDA) convened here on Tuesday has decided to constitute
a new panel to probe the alleged irregularities in the allotment of sites in Atal
Bihari Vajpayee Layout.

It may be mentioned here that Deputy
Commissioner Vipul Bansal, who is also in-charge President of SUDA, had formed
an inquiry panel under retired Judge H.B. Ravindranath to probe the
irregularities in site allotment.

The panel, in its report, had said
that of the total 1,800 sites in the layout, 1,305 sites were allotted in
violation of the law.

The committee had pointed out 22
different types of lapses in site allotment. Based on the report, Mr. Bansal
had said that a complaint would be lodged with the police against the persons
indicted in the report.

In the meeting, R.K. Siddaramanna,
MLC, said that it was not possible to initiate legal action against erring
persons on the basis of the report submitted by the probe panel.

He said that according to Section
9(2) of Karnataka Urban Development Authorities Act, only the president of an
urban development authority should head the panel that probes irregularities.

The meeting has decided to form a
fresh panel under Mr. Bansal.

The sub-registrar of Shimoga and
commissioners of SUDA and Shimoga City Corporation would be the members of the
panel.

Meanwhile, Kallur Megharaj, managing
trustee of Shantaveri Gopala Gowda Samajawadi Adhyayana Kendra Trust, has
demanded a CBI probe into the irregularities in site allotment by SUDA.

Earlier, Mr. Bansal had said that he
would initiate action against the erring persons based on the report submitted
by the panel headed by Mr. Ravindranath.

Speaking to presspersons here on
Wednesday, Mr. Megharaj alleged that Mr. Bansal haddecided to go for a fresh
probe yielding to political pressure.

·Panel to be headed by Deputy Commissioner

Vipul Bansal

·Sub-registrar of Shimoga and Commissioners of
SUDA and city corporation to be members

Ambareesh Accused of Cornering 3 Sites

MANDYA: An individual is entitled
only to one site from an urban development authority (UDA) in the state, but
Housing Minister M H Ambareesh allegedly got three large ones.

Recently accused of violating rules
to get a site from the Mandya Urban Development Authority, Ambareesh allegedly
bent the rules to get sites in two other cities: Mysore and Bangalore. As an
actor, Ambareesh rose to fame by frequently playing an angry, upright police
officer who takes on a corrupt system, earning the epithet ‘Rebel Star’.

RTI activist K R Ravindra said
Ambareesh had procured the sites by submitting false documents. “The
sites are meant for the public. The government should immediately take them
back. Ambareesh should resign from his ministership on moral grounds,” he told Express.

Why Govt Sites?

Sites sold by government-run bodies
like BDA are priced way lower than the open market. Ambareesh allegedly got
sites from the Mandya, Mysore, and Bangalore Urban Development Authorities. On
January 16, 1986, Ambareesh got a 78X 50 ft site (No 1260) in G and H Block
Layout, JCST, Kuvempunagar, Mysore.

For Mysore Urban Development
Authority records, he gave his residential address as No 172, II Stage, J P
Nagar, Bangalore. He paid `36,444 for the site.

Curiously, MUDA handed him the sale
deed only on August 12, 2008, 22 years after he was allotted the site. In 1987,
just a year after he got a site in Mysore, Ambareesh got another from the
Bangalore Development Authority. When he responded to an advertisement offering
plots in Sarakki II Stage, he was allotted, on July 28, 1987, a 120X80 ft site.
He paid `93,639 for this one.

Woodlands Address

For BDA records, Ambareesh entered
his residential address as 412, Woodlands Hotel, Sampangi Tank Road, Bangalore.
How a hotel address was accepted by the BDA authorities is a mystery. On March
6, 1999, when Ambareesh was Mandya MP, he again applied for a site. He got a
50X80 site (now with House No 917) on March 23, 2002, under the MP quota. He
paid `3 lakh for the site.

Halved and Sold

Later, the site was allegedly
divided into two and one portion (25X80 ft) was sold to K Govindaraju, a
resident of Mysore, for Rs 1.75 lakh. The other (also 25X80 ft) was sold to S
Ajith, a resident of Hindavalu in Mandya taluk, for Rs 3.87 lakh. This sale
also violated also rules.

Section 12 (2) of the Karnataka
Urban Development Authorities (Allotment of Sites) Rules of 1991 stipulates
that any person who owns a site or house in any part of the state becomes
ineligible for another site or house from any authority or housing board in the
state. Efforts to reach Ambareesh failed.

Self-Housing Minister

Ambareesh allegedly owns three sites
in violation of the rules:

Mysore: 78X50 ft,
Kuvempunagar. Paid Rs 36,444.n

Bangalore: 120X80 ft, J
P Nagar (Sarakki). Paid Rs 93,639.n

Mandya: 50X80 ft. Paid
Rs 3 lakh. Divided it and sold it to two buyers.n

Full-fledged CBI probe likely in Mandya site scam

Urban Development Minister Vin­a­y
Kumar Sorake on Tuesday said his department would look into the findings and
merits of a report by the Mandya Urban Development Authority (MUDA)
commissioner K Mathai on the alleged irregularities and illegal allotment of
sites by the Authority.

“We have received the report, but have not accepted it. We will send the report
to the Home department for its perusal,” Sorake told reporters here. Sorake
said the department had already handed over the initial case to the Central
Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The department is handing over all the documents
pertaining to the case to the CBI.

“Whether this report also warrants to be handed over to the CBI is a decision
which will be left to the Home department,” he said. The report, which was
submitted on June 4 to the Urban Development department, speaks about a loss of
Rs 300 crore to the State government by way of illegalities under various
schemes. The report states that the government has already handed over the case
pertaining to 107 sites to the CBI. Justifying the decision to hand over the
case to CBI, Sorake said that the initial estimates of the scam were to the
extent of Rs 23 crore. The misappropriated amount was transferred to accounts
outside India, primarily to Australia, said the minister.

On Housing Minister M H Ambareesh’s
reported request to transfer Mathai from the present post, Sorake said that he
had not received any such request. “But he has already been promoted and
transferred to Bidar. Due to the Lok Sabha elections, the transfer was
withheld,” said the minister.

Sorake said that the department was trying to strengthen the Directorate of
Urban Development and streamline the site allotment process in the City
Corporations. He said that 50,000 sites in Mysore were remaining vacant,
despite them being allotted to beneficiaries.

With the last scion of the erstwhile
princely state of Mysore, Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar Bahadur, passing
away more than six months ago, the real estate mafia is eyeing his properties
running into crores of rupees, in the heart of the historical city of Mysore.

Astonishingly, two prime properties
of Wadiyar were alienated just 3 days before he passed away (December 10, 2013)
with the sub-registrar's office even giving its approval. This prompted the
late prince's widow Pramodadevi to seek a Lokayukta probe. Till recently, the
Wadiyar family members were not even aware of their land being usurped by the
real estate mafia.

The net worth of Wadiyar's assets
(spread across Bangalore, Mysore and Ooty) are estimated to be in excess of
Rs.1,600 crore. He also holds a share in the Bangalore Palace grounds, which is
embroiled in a legal dispute after the Karnataka Government planned to take over
the same. It is not clear as to how many smaller properties the Wadiyar family
owns but the land mafia's efforts, has shocked the people of Mysore.
Incidentally, both the illegal transactions were brought to the notice of the
royal family by an NGO (Karnataka Rajya Hindulida Vargagala Jagruta Vedike).

"It is unfortunate that illegal
alienation of properties owned by the Maharaja's family is happening in the
CM's hometown. He has agreed to look into the matter and directed the
authorities concerned to take up the issue. Hopefully, the Lokayukta should be
able to end this menace," said Vedike's president K.S. Shivaram.

Mysore Lokayukta SP S.M. Jagadish
Prasad said a probe had already been ordered into the two land transactions and
that the properties would be restored to the Wadiyars.

In the first incident, a prime
property belonging to the Wadiyars near the Mysore Mall was sold, as if the
late prince had given his consent on December 7, 2013 (just three days before
he died). The police have arrested two real estate agents and the sub-regitrar
concerned.

In the second incident, again on the
same day (December 7), another prime property (1.5 acres) was alienated in
favour of 70-year-old Siddamma, a gardener in the palace. Apparently, it is
shown in the sale deed that Wadiyar granted the land to Siddamma as a gift.

"On December 7, 2013, the late
prince was in Bangalore. There is no way that he visited the subregistrar's
office to sign the sale deed documents. This is a clear case of forgery. We
need to examine all the transactions to detect such cases," said Shivaram.

According to him, the real estate mafia has fenced three other prime properties owned by
the Wadiyars in Mysore.

More guns trained on Balasubramanian

A miffed Sadananda Gowda seeks to move privilege motion against him

A day after the Legislative Assembly referred a complaint against
V. Balasubramanian, chairperson of the Task force for Recovery of Public Lands
to the privilege committee, the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party members in
the Upper House also trained their guns on the retired bureaucrat on Wednesday.
Leader of the Opposition D.V. Sadananda Gowda announced that he would file a
notice seeking permission to move a privilege motion against him.

Mr. Gowda read out a newspaper report in which Mr.
Balasubramanian had told presspersons that he [Mr. Gowda] had taken a
delegation of coffee planters, who had encroached upon small extents of
government land to the then Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, with a request
that the deputy commissioners should not proceed against them. A miffed Mr.
Gowda said such remarks had showed him in a poor light and had curtailed his
privileges as a legislator. “The officer may be good and honest. But that
should not go to his head. There is no need for him to target others,
especially politicians, just to show that he is honest,” he said.

Accusing Mr. Balasubramanian of going beyond his limits, Mr.
Gowda declared that he would file a notice before Council Chairman D.H. Shankaramurthy
seeking permission to move a privilege motion. Mr. Shankaramurthy ended the
discussion on the issue by asking Mr. Gowda to give the notice. Opposition
Chief Whip Shivayogiswamy even suggested that the former bureaucrat should be
summoned to the Council and impeached.

Encroachment

Earlier, Minister for Revenue V. Srinivas Prasad said 11,02,584
acres of government land had been encroached upon in the State according to the
Balasubramanian report that looked into encroachments of government land in the
State, and the A.T. Ramaswamy committee which looked into encroachment of
government land in and around Bangalore.

The above included 34,110 acres of government land encroached
upon in Bangalore. Of this, encroachments had been cleared on 10,739 acres of
land in Bangalore.

Giving a break-up of the encroachments, he said Bangalore
additional north taluk accounted for highest encroachments of 12,021 acres of
which 2,247 acres had been cleared. This was followed by Anekal (9,359 acres
encroached and 2,755 acres cleared), Bangalore South (6,882 acres encroached
and 1,981 acres cleared), Bangalore East (3,089 acres encroached and 1,404
acres cleared) and Bangalore North (2,758 acres encroached and 2,349 acres
cleared).

He said the government had constituted a high-powered committee,
led by the Chief Secretary and comprising heads of 15 departments, to clear the
encroachments and to decide on how to implement the recommendations of the
Balasubramanian task force and A.T. Ramaswamy report. Responding to the
suggestion from a few members, he said the government was considering asking
another senior IAS officer to head this panel on a full-time basis instead of
burdening the Chief Secretary.